POST COLD WAR WORLD
RISE OF CHINA
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Self-Strengthening Movement
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Opium War
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May-Fourth Movement
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Taiping Rebellion
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain won the war in 1842, leading to the Treaty of Nanking. This treaty gave Hong Kong Island to Britain, allowed for free British trade with any merchants in China, and forced China to pay damages for the destroyed opium.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chinese resistance The Chinese wanted to stop the trade. Although opium was valued as a medicine that could ease pain, assist sleep and reduce stress, by 1840 there were millions of addicts in the country. Illegal opium imports were also eroding what had once been a favourable balance of trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese government recognized that opium was becoming a serious social problem and, in the year 1800, it banned both the production and the importation of opium.
Detailed explanation-4: -Who won the Opium Wars? Not China. 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.