Colonization hurt the natives there. Britain had easier access to Asian ports.
in the region with all the tiny islands there were lots of natives that were taken over like the island vanuatu was colonized by both french and British extremly hurting the native, now both Britain and france feel bad and so provide support to the vanuatu government. and due to the open ports it was easy access to places like Honk Kong where the british also took over.
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