page_title: France–Hong Kong relations
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: France–Hong Kong relations / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Auguste Chapdelaine, missionnary of the MEP
context_page_description: France–Hong Kong relations refers to international relations between France and Hong Kong.
context_section_description: France and Hong Kong bilateral relations could be traced back to the period of the Second French Empire (1852 to 1870). Hong Kong had been a British colony since the First Opium War. In 1856, a French missionary, Father Auguste Chapdelaine, was executed by Chinese local authorities in Guangxi province, which at that time was not open to foreigners. As a response, the French Empire joined with the British navy and prompted the Second Opium War. As a result of the victory of the joint navy, the Qing Empire ceded Kowloon Peninsular to the British Empire as an extension of the colony of Hong Kong.
  The French Consulate General Hong Kong in Admiralty, Hong Kong has been the representation of France in Hong Kong. The connection between the two continued when the United Kingdom retreated from Hong Kong in 1997. Since then, Hong Kong had full autonomy in relations with foreign countries in a broad range of appropriate fields. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels is responsible for the European Union and covering also the relations with France and other nations.
caption: The execution of the Paris Foreign Missions Society missionary Auguste Chapdelaine was the official cause of the French involvement in the Second Opium War.
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