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The article presents a speech by China's President XI Jinping delivered at a meeting marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, Hong Kong on July 1, 2022. Topics discussed include history of modern China after the Opium War in 1840 and struggle of Chinese people to bring back Hong Kong back to China and discussed the electoral system of Hong Kong and the hardship it has overcome including global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article discusses the success, setbacks and survival of historical, social and traditional heritage of Hong Kong, China along with the information on its economic aspects and considering Hong Kong as the capitalist center of trade and finance in China. Topics discussed include information on Treaty of Nanking that ended the First Opium War (1839? 1842) between Great Britain and China's dynasty, the Qing, increased number of restaurants, and expensive housing market of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, China, is a symbol. In a sense, it sums up the relations between the imperialists and China during the past eighty years. The rugged, steep-sided Island of Hongkong, thirty square miles in area was taken from China by Great Britain as a result of the First Opium War. Eighteen years later, at the close of the Second Opium War, a strip of territory on the neighboring mainland--Kowloon, was also seized by the British. Between Hongkong and Kowloon lies one of the finest and most beautiful harbors in the world, deep, spacious, completely surrounded by high hills. Although the Island of Hongkong is rough and inaccessible, the British have done wonders with its limited possibilities. Docks and warehouses are ample and modern. The British city has fine buildings, wide, clean streets, excellent hotels, a good water system, a first-class street car and ferry service.

The article features the history of Hong Kong, China immediately after the Opium war broke out. It discusses how Hong Kong was made the cradle of prostitution, gambling, and drugs. It also discusses the way British authorities have governed the area. Other predicaments as the results of the Opium war are also discussed.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Opium War: Britain Stole Hong Kong From China," by Kristianna Tho'Mass, which appeared in the July 10, 1997 issue of the "Workers World." The article discusses how Great Britain stole Hong Kong from China through the Opium War. The Chinese imperial government prohibited the sale of opium mixed with tobacco and banned opium-smoking business in 1729. The Opium War ended on August 29, 1842 .