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OTL during the Opium Wars, Britain demanded Zhoushan. The Chinese said take it or leave with Hong Kong and threatened to cede Zhoushan to the French (pit the barbarians against one another) if the British wouldn't accept HK.

What if the British got Zhoushan? It's an already existing city near the mouth of Yangtze that would be ceded in-perpetuity to the United Kingdom.
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