most remained hostile towards them. China had been isolated from Europe for centuries until Britain began trading opium for silver. Eventually the Chinese became addicted to opium and fearing for the health of his people the emperor banned the import of opium and all trade with Europe. Britain rejected the demand and when the Chinese attempted to destroy stores of Opium‚ the Opium War was started. China was quickly defeated and gave Britain Hong Kong and several ports open to trade. In 1856 the Chinese
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reaction of the Chinese peasantry to the First Opium War and later the Second Opium War‚ and the Unequal Treaties following them. For two thousand years preceding the mid-nineteenth century the social structure and the mode of production in China had scarcely changed. In the mid-19th century‚ China witnessed severe internal crises and the resultant upheaval created widespread social‚ economic and political discontent. In the aftermath of the Opium Wars and the Unequal Treaty System‚ inhuman burdens
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of aristocrats that supported reform and recovery programs. Places / Empires: 18. Serbia Wars / Events / Periods: 19. Crimean War 20. **White Lotus Rebellion The White Lotus Rebellion‚ 1794- 1804‚ was inspired by a Messianic ideology that predicted the restoration of the Chinese Ming dynasty and the coming of the Buddha. 21. The Opium War (1839 – 1842) 22.Taiping Rebellion 23.**Arrow War 2 The Arrow War (1856-1860)culminated in a British and French invasion of Beijing and the sacking of the
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During the three years of the Opium War‚ Great Britain destroyed much of China’s coastal and river forts. Under the pressure of the superior military tactics and firepower from Britain‚ the Qing dynasty finally surrendered to the British terms. As a result‚ China opened its five coastal ports to Britain‚ limited tariffs on British goods‚ covered the costs of the war‚ and gave extraterritorial rights to British citizens in the Treaty of Nanjing. Due to the increasing British’s presence in China‚ it
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stayed with their traditional clothing styles. China opposed the Western Penetration‚ and while Japan was flourishing and prospering from it China was more focused on recovering from the Taiping Rebellion. Later on they would recover from the Opium Wars rather than westernize and after that they would industrialize. Anti-westernization attitude was displayed in the Boxer rebellion prevented China from being able to westernize. China’s negation to the Western Penetration damaged its economy. The
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Jeffrey Koala Revolutionary China Professor Lu 6/12/07 THE INEVITABILITY OF THE OPIUM WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA The Opium War‚ which began in 1839‚ pitted two of history’s most independently industrious strongholds against each other. It was not only hugely detrimental to China’s potential of progress‚ but was as well equally as unavoidably inevitable. The War also had major consequences to the later relations between China and Britain. The brutal fighting that ensued between
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The Opium Tragedy Since the US invasion of Afghanistan the opium output in the region has increased over five thousand percent. The mass production of opium began with the US backed overthrow of the secular government in Afghanistan and escalated expeditiously with the ensuing civil war. Before this the Taliban had banned the use of narcotics and kept poppy cultivation low. But the Taliban required military funding for the conflicts and what better way is there to obtain billions of dollars than
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INTRODUCTION The British opium trade in China started the world’s very first drug war‚ in the 19th century. Known as the Opium War‚ many people also refer to it as the Anglo-Chinese War. Opium is a preparation made from the juice of poppy seedpods‚ and used to produce heroin. The drug was mainly produced in and shipped from the East Indies to China by British merchants. This addictive drug had gotten many Chinese badly hooked by the early 1800s. In the 15th century‚ when opium was first introduced
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empire. For example‚ the British opium trade is one very important time period in China’s history the marked the beginning of a dark era. The British Opium Trade was major turning point in China’s history that lasted from 1839 til 1860. Even though 20 years may not seem a long period of time‚ but the opium trade had long-lasting effects on China’s empire weakening it. If China hadn’t take a stand against the British by terminating the illegal exporting of opium‚ isolation
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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