COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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the collapse of the Qing dynasty.
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a continued flow of opium for its people.
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increased power and trading rights in China.
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a decreased British influence in China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Opium Wars marked the start of the era of unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers (primarily Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan) in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial and sovereignty rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beyond the health problems related to opium addiction, the increasing opium trade with the Western powers meant that for the first time, China imported more goods than it exported. Settling this financial problem eventually led to the First Opium War between Great Britain and China, from 1839 to 1842.
Detailed explanation-3: -Britain wanted to expand its imperial power and sell more goods, especially the opium whose import the Chinese tried to ban, while the British sold or smuggled in anyway. In other words, it was a case of commercial and imperialist British greed trying to force opium on the Chinese.