COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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Japan gained control of Hong Kong.
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Kublai Khan rose to power in China.
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Chinese ports were opened to trade with European powers.
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Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) fled to Taiwan.
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -China lost both wars. The terms of its defeat were a bitter pill to swallow: China had to cede the territory of Hong Kong to British control, open treaty ports to trade with foreigners, and grant special rights to foreigners operating within the treaty ports.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -It was the second major conflict in the Opium Wars, which were fought over the right to import opium to China, and resulted in a second defeat for the Qing dynasty and the forced legalisation of the opium trade.