COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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many Chinese became addicted and China’s silver supply ran out
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the Chinese decided to trade in hemp
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the British created rehabilitation center in China
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the Chinese became artists who did not want to trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain won the first Opium War. The opium trade continued, and China had to compensate Great Britain for its losses, give Hong Kong Island to the British, and increase the number of treaty ports where the British could trade and reside. Great Britain and France won the second Opium War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Opium and tea They would only sell their goods in exchange for silver, and as a result large amounts of silver were leaving Britain. In order to stop this, the East India Company and other British merchants began to smuggle Indian opium into China illegally, for which they demanded payment in silver.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West, while addiction to opium became widespread in China, leading to social and economic problems there.