East Asia under Challenge

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East Asia under Challenge
History 381 Asian Experience
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The Qing Empire
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Rebellions and Decline

• Opium and Rebellion
• British problems with China over trade limitation
• The opium trade Promoted by Britain not China
• Reactions by China restricted Opium trade
• Lin Zexu (Lin Tse-hsu 1785-1850), 1839
• Opium War (1839-1842)
• Demonstrated the superiority of British firepower
  and military tactics
• The Qing, under military pressure, agreed to
  British demands
• Concessions to Britain (Treaty of Nanjing, 1842)
• Open five coastal ports to British trade
• Limit tariffs on imported British goods
• Cede the island of Hong Kong
• Grant extraterritorial rights to British citizens
  in China

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Rebellions and Decline

• Taiping (T