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forts on the approach to Canton and proceeded to bombard Canton itself, but had insufficient forces to take and hold the city. On 15 December, during a riot in Canton, European commercial properties were set on fire and Bowring appealed for military intervention. The execution of a French missionary
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for the expenses of the recent conflict, open a second group of ten ports to European commerce, legalize the opium trade, and grant foreign traders and missionaries rights to travel within China. This also included China being required to bend to Western diplomatic behaviors instead of their normal
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advising the use of military force to resolve the dispute with the Chinese government. A small skirmish occurred between British and Chinese warships in the Kowloon Estuary on 4 September 1839. After almost a year, the British government decided, in May 1840, to send a military expedition to impose
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March, emphasising the serious penalties for opium smuggling that would now apply henceforth. Lin ordered the seizure of all opium in Canton, including that held by foreign governments and trading companies (called factories), and the companies prepared to hand over a token amount to placate him.
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On the morning of 7 October, the French army broke into the Old Summer Palace and began to rob it. British soldiers who arrived in the afternoon also joined the robbery, and the most precious things in the Old Summer Palace were looted. All twelve bronze statues of animal heads began to be lost
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In February 1860, the British and French imperialist authorities again appointed Elgin and Grotto as plenipotentiaries respectively, leading more than 15,000 British troops and about 7,000 French troops to expand the war against China. The British and French forces invaded Beijing, and the Qing
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issued edicts making opium illegal in 1729, 1799, 1814, and 1831, but imports grew as smugglers and colluding officials in China sought profit. Some American merchants entered the trade by smuggling opium from Turkey into China, including
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In 1834, the EIC's monopoly on British trade with China ceased, and the opium trade burgeoned. Partly concerned with moral issues over the consumption of opium and partly with the outflow of silver, the
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by British soldiers, and France refused to provide aid. The fire burned for three days and nights, razing the buildings of the Old Summer Palace to the ground and destroying nearby royal properties.
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emperor fled to Chengde. The British and French forces broke into the Old Summer Palace, looted jewelry, and burned it. Among the cultural relics that were looted were the well-known
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reparations for the financial losses experienced by opium traders in Canton and to guarantee future security for the trade. On 21 June 1840, a British naval force arrived off
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to grant favourable tariffs, trade concessions, reparations and territory to Western powers. The two conflicts, along with the various treaties imposed during the
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qualities, but new Chinese practices of smoking opium recreationally increased demand tremendously and often led to smokers developing addictions. Successive
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The Opium War, 1840–1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates Ajar
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As of December 2020, seven of the twelve bronze statues have been found and returned to China. The whereabouts of the remaining five are still unknown.
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Britain and France now sought greater concessions from China, including the legalization of the opium trade, expanding of the transportation of
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requesting her cooperation in halting the opium trade. The letter never reached the Queen. It was later published in
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way of conducting business through a tribute system. This treaty led to the era in Chinese history known as the "
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as a direct appeal to the British public for their cooperation. An edict from the Daoguang Emperor followed on 18
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In each war, the superior military advantages enjoyed by European forces led to several easy victories over the
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For the 1967 conflict between marooned elements of the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Kingdom of Laos, see
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to European colonies, opening all of China to British and French citizens and exempting foreign imports from
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Feige, Miron; Chris1, Jeffrey (2008). "The opium wars, opium legalization and opium consumption in China".
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against China from 1856 to 1860, and consequently resulted in China being forced to legalise opium.
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used its superior ships and guns to inflict a series of decisive defeats on Chinese forces.
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inspired support from France. The United States and Russia also intervened in the war.
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Soldiers and Evangelicals: Britain's 1840–42 War with China, and its Aftermath
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on the website of the US-China Institute at University of Southern Carolina.
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and surrounding smaller islands to Britain, and established five cities as
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Deadly Dreams: Opium, Imperialism, and the Arrow War (1856–1860) in China.
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The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another
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The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
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Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another
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from the surrounding heights, 29 May 1841. Watercolour painting by
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Two 19th-century conflicts between China and the Western powers
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also contracted slightly as a result of the wars, though the
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The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China
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In earlier centuries, opium was utilised as a medicine with
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discussion with Yangwen Zheng, Lars Laamann, and Xun Zhou (
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Taylor Wallbank; Bailkey; Jewsbury; Lewis; Hackett (1992).
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with ending the trade. In 1839, Lin published in Canton an
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and was fought over trading rights (including the right of
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secured several of the same concessions from China in the
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fleet, which, on 23 October, bombarded and captured the
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between China and Western powers. The treaty ceded the
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1967 Opium War
Opium Wars (disambiguation)
century of humiliation


First Opium War
Battle of Palikao
First Opium War
Second Opium War
China
Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Tientsin
Convention of Peking
Hong Kong
Kowloon Peninsula
Stonecutters Island
British Hong Kong
Outer Manchuria
First Opium War
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom
East India Company
Second Opium War
British Empire
Second French Empire
Qing China
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