The Opium War

China has a history of 5000 years and has experienced war, collapse, failure and success. The opium war between 1839 and 1856 showed a change in the trade policy between China and foreigners, in particular the British trade policy on opium and tea. China has been transformed from mourning to being signed for "Nanjing Treaty" and "Tianjin Treaty" between England and France. Due to excessive trust and unfavorable attitudes towards Chinese foreigners and opium, Britain declared an opium war to China.

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.

This research paper is an argument about China's opium war experienced in the first and second opium war. The first aspect of this article is to clearly explain the cause of the war backdrop. The second aspect is to discuss the occurrence of the first Chinese Opium war and the second Opium war. The opium war in China is also known as British and Chinese War and is a trade dispute between China and the Empire of the Great Elements. This has led to diplomatic conflicts between the two countries. China experienced the most serious defeat in the western opium smuggling war. The main reason for the war was that drug traffickers from Ireland and the United Kingdom smuggled Chinese opium (Willoughby, 13). This war included the first opium war from 1839 to 1842 and the second opium war from 1856 to 1860.

The Opium war was two armed conflicts between Western countries and the Qing dynasty which dominated China in the middle of the 19th century and dominated China from 1644 to December 1911. The First Opium War (1839 - 42) began between China and England The Second Opium War (aka Arrow War or Buddha - France - Buddha War) is a war between Britain and France against China did. In either case, diplomatic forces in China have won commercial privileges and legal and territorial concessions. These conflicts were the beginning of unequal treaties and the beginning of other era of invasion against the Qing Dynasty, which weakened the dynasty at the beginning of the 20th century, ultimately overwhelmed and supported the Republic of China.