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China. In the 1700s , China enjoyed a favorable balance of trade. The Power of Opium. By 1779, the British East India Company was importing opium into China Within a generation, opium addiction in China became widespread. Mandarin with Opium Pipe.
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China In the 1700s, China enjoyed a favorable balance of trade.
The Power of Opium • By 1779, the British East India Company was importing opium into China • Within a generation, opium addiction in China became widespread Mandarin with Opium Pipe
China and Britain Clash over Opium In 1839, a Chinese official demanded that the opium trade in Guangzhou (Canton) stop. The British refused, and war ensued. Chinese unloading opium from a British ship
The Opium War: 1839–1842 The British navy attacks
The Treaty of Nanjing Britain gained • Control of Hong Kong • The right to trade in five major cities • Extraterritoriality • The legalization of opium in China The signing of the Treaty of Nanjing aboard the British ship Cornwallis
The Open Door Policy • Turmoil in China • “Spheres of influence” • “Open Door” policy formulated by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay • No nations formally accepted Hay’s proposal, but they didn’t counter the Open Door policy’s provisions either U.S. Secretary of State John Hay
The Boxer Rebellion, 1899 American, Japanese, and British troops storming Beijing
The Boxer Protocol • China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol • Required to pay damages to Europeans • Forced to allow foreign soldiers to live in Beijing Signing of the Boxer Protocol
Chinese Nationalism Nationalism increased in China as groups fought to not only rid China of foreigners, but to end centuries of imperial rule.