17世纪的英国，随着资本主义的发展急需向外推销商品和掠夺原料。英国在侵占印度后，便把侵略矛头指向中国，急欲把香港作为侵略中国的根据地。英国侵占香港的行动逐步升级，经历了以下四个步骤；第一步是暗中试探；第二步是鸦片渗透，第三步是变香港为侵华“总站”；第四步是使香港完全沦为殖民地。 In the 17th century Britain, with the development of capitalism, it was urgently needed to market commodities and plunder raw materials. After Britain invaded India, it directed its invasion to China and was anxious to use Hong Kong as a base for invading China. Britain’s invasion and occupation of Hong Kong escalated step by step through the following four steps: the first step was to explore it in the dark; the second step was to infiltrate the opium; the third step was to turn Hong Kong into a “terminal station” for invasion of China; the fourth step was to completely demolish Hong Kong For the colony.