The Lion and the Dragon
The Lion and the Dragon During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China…
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The Lion and the Dragon
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade--due to the serious social and economic problems it caused--the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict soon ensued.The first conflict, known as the First Anglo-Chinese War or Opium War (1839-42), ended in British victory and the Treaty of Nanking. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India.
Again, the second However, this treaty was heavily biased in favor of the British, and it would not be long before there was a renewal of hostilities, taking the form of what became known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War (1857-60).
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