Opium Wars

The Opium War and its change in China in the early 18th century, the UK and other European countries demanded more and more Chinese products, especially tea and silk. However, only the port of Guangzhou is open to foreign countries, except China, China will not receive any other payment. The desire to let China enter the free market made it easier for foreigners to obtain and the import of illegal European opium into China eventually resulted in tensions between European countries, especially the UK and the Chinese government It brought.

The Opium war was a military war in the middle of the 19th century, including the opium trade in China and the British Empire against British and Chinese sovereignty. In the conflict, the Primary Opium War (1839-1842) and the Second Opium War (1856-1860) were included. War and events between them weakened the Qing Dynasty and forced China to trade with other countries of the world. British economist Angus Madison stated that China's economy is the world's largest economy in 1820. In the decade after the end of the Second Opium War, China's share of global GDP has declined by half. A research paper updated by the World Economic Forum issued by JP Morgan Michael Senblast has reached a similar conclusion. For centuries before the Opium war, China was the world's largest economic power.

Economists recently published a paper entitled "Opium War". It still forms the Western perspective of China and explains the historical tension between China and the West on opium trade and the opium war in the mid-19th century. The reason for the firing of these two wars is because China wanted to prevent the importation of illegal opium from the UK to China and it is making a country that uses opium. The war ended with the royal summer garden looting by the British and French army and the surrender of Hong Kong to the UK. During this period opium and opium nests also spread to China Town of Vancouver, a representative community of China in Singapore and other countries. By 1906, 13.5 million out of 200 million people in China, 27% of Chinese men including soldiers and government officials are presumed to be opiate addicts.

The opium war in the middle of the 19th century was a crucial moment in China's modern history. The first opium war was between China and England from 1839 to 1942. In the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860, weak China fought against England and France. China lost two wars. The condition of failure is to swallow the bitter fruits: China hands over the territory of Hong Kong to the rule of the UK, opens the Treaty Port to handle foreigners and provides special rights to foreigners working at the Treaty Port Must. In addition, the UK has increased the sales of opium to China, so the Chinese government had to wait. The British government will do this under the name of free trade, regardless of the influence on the Chinese government and Chinese citizens.