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The HSBC was founded on 3/3/1865 at Hong Kong. After a financial crash in 1866 the Chinese began to assist in administration. In these days it was the clearing of pirates from the Pearl Estuary and the South China Sea that was a necessary first step to opening the port.
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https://www.chinasage.info/provinces/hongkong.htmQuote:
I think they created the happy face emoji on page 4.
The so-described "smile" is the closing parenthesis of a parenthetical phrase, one of many in the letter.
Posted 06/26/2021 09:17 am
