In order for the Great Depression to be avoided, there would have had to been a large surge in the market to keep it from collapsing.
From the treaty of Nanjing, britian was able to gain Hong Kong from China.
Later (I believe close to the 2000s) Britain returned Hong Kong to China
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This is immensely important as it helps alleviate the fears of the public, which is fearful of unlawful and unethical workings of the government and the big corporations. In this post-truth world where individual emotions and beliefs influence the public opinion more than the clear facts this is really important, because when the things are transparent it is much harder to manipulate the public and play with the facts.