HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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What did the British find to trade to make money with China?
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Tea
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Opium
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Coffee
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Cotton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By the start of the 19th century, the trade in Chinese goods such as tea, silks and porcelain was extremely lucrative for British merchants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among other things, they wanted the opium trade to be legalised and the whole of China to be open to foreign trade. This led to the Second Opium War breaking out in 1856. China was defeated once again, ending in the Treaty of Tientsin, which gave Britain the area north of Hong Kong Island called Kowloon.
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