Opium war From the 18th century Asia became a victim of European imperialism. By the 19th century Britain had acquired control over India and Burma and France controlled indo-china and the Dutch gained stronghold in Indonesia. By this time USA along with other European nations began paying serious attention towards eastward nations like china and Japan. Their aim was to open these Asian nations as a field for their economic expansion. Predominant in trade between the western countries and
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dangerous drug of Opium. When opium was first introduce in China it was like any other drug‚ addictive and harmful to the human body but the Chinese weren’t aware of the opium negative effects. Opium the narcotic drug is derived of from immature seed pods of poppy plants. Opium was used for pain relieving‚ it was one of the first drugs able to relieve pain before morphine was invented‚ and morphine is safer drug then opium and they both came from the same plant. Before the opium war‚ foreign trade to
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period from the 15th to the 17th century where trade international trade boomed.During the age of exploration as trading routes spread and small economies prospered into something bigger spread‚ but along with goods and new ideas came disease and also opium addiction Wherever traders went disease ( bubonic plague‚ typhus‚ chicken pox‚small pox)went along with them Europeans‚ Africans‚ and Asians had already in counted and gained some immunity to but the native populations of America had never encountered
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The Opium War The Opium War‚ directed by Jin Xie‚ paints a rather impartial account of the Opium War‚ starting with the appointment of Lin Zexu to end the opium trade in China to the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. This film seemed to fairly depict the faults of both the Chinese and the British during the 1830’s and up to 1842. That said‚ The Opium War illustrated two important factors that both helped to promote the conflict and eventual military confrontation between China and Britain.
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The Opium War‚ also called the Anglo-Chinese War‚ was the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered. In European history‚ it is perhaps the most sordid‚ base‚ and vicious event in European history‚ possibly‚ just possibly‚ overshadowed by the excesses of the Third Reich in the twentieth century. By the 1830’s‚ the English had become the major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world; very few drug cartels of the twentieth century can even touch the England of the early nineteenth
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Opium Wars When the British decided to attack the Chinese because they were refusing to buy opium‚ as it was considered an attack on free trade and private property‚ they go to war. The British official in China doesn’t want opium sold‚ but he is so outclassed that he cannot figure out a way to get the British out of the opium trade. The current dynasty‚ the Manchus‚ are not actually Chinese. The Confucian scholars are supposed to repair after the war‚ but the Chinese are weaker than they ever
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challenge of the west leading up to and after the Opium War (1839-1842)? Between 1839 and 1842‚ China experienced the first of two Opium Wars‚ against Britain. The Opium War‚ which weakened the Qing Dynasty‚ created diplomatic tension‚ opened China up to more foreign influence. The time period examined will mainly be between 1839 and 1842‚ though there will be context from years leading up and following the war‚ including the years after the Treaty of Nanking was signed. To determine the extent and
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I agree to a small extent. The Opium War did affect China’s economy. From Source B‚ I can infer that the Opium Wars made China richer. The source mentioned that the export of tea from China increased 42‚000‚000kg in 1855 from only 7‚500‚000kg in 1843‚ an increase of more than 500%. This showed that the trade increased. With more trade‚ there would be more money which were gained from the trades. Furthermore‚ more trade also means more jobs for the Chinese. Therefore‚ the Chinese will be able to
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establish the foreign trading of opium‚ a highly addictive substance extracted from the juice of the opium poppy (“Opium and Heroin”) . The Chinese were opposed to this enforcement due to its negative effects among the Chinese economy and civilians. As a result of this prolonged dispute between British and Chinese powers‚ British troops eventually attacked numerous Chinese villages‚ leading to the commencement of the Opium Wars in the mid-18th century (Pletcher). The Opium Wars‚ as a result of British imperialism
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can be forgiven. For example‚ the Battle of Nanjing‚ a nightmare that came to life‚ is something that cannot be forgotten or forgiven. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people were brutally killed in that battle. Though many mistakes of the past should be kind-heartedly forgiven‚ there are some that created deep wounds that never completely heal. Those mistakes cannot be forgiven‚ even through time. A hidden holocaust of World War II‚ Battle of Nanjing is indisputably one of the most savage battles
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