<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwaka 1898 China ilitoa eneo la New Territories na visiwa vingine 235 kwa Uingereza kwa muda wa miaka 99.  <response>: In 1898, under the Convention of Peking, China leased the New Territories and 235 more islands to Britain for what then seemed an eternity 99 years. 