The%20Opium%20Wars

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The Opium Wars

• The Opening of China by the
• West

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CAUSES

• Ethnocentrism-China had no official relations
  with European governments
• Foreign trade was restricted
• Chinas favorable balance of trade
• Opium
• Chinas resistance to the Opium trade
• War broke out in 1839 over destruction of Opium

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Opium Ships-
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Chinas Rude Awakening

• The Nemesis served as a metaphor of British
  technological superiority.

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Results

• China had to pay reparations
• Surrendered Hong Kong to the British
• Five port cities opened for trade
• Foreigners allowed to live and work in cities
• Controlled Chinas international trade
• Extraterritoriality
• Most-favored Nation status

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Conclusion

• China lost control (sovereignty) over its
  internal affairs (Spheres of Influence) and
  external relations (unequal treaties).

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The Taiping Rebellion1850-1862

• The Worlds Worst
• Civil War

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CAUSES

• FOOD SHORTAGES
• HEAVY TAXES
• WESTERN PRESENCE
• WESTERN INFLUENCE
• DYNASTY IN DECLINE
• HUNG HSUI-CHUAN-THE SAVIOR OF CHINA?

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CONSEQUENCES

• TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE (Between 20-30 million
  people killed)
• TREMENDOUS LOSS OF PROPERTY
• EUROPEAN INFLUENCE EXPANDS
• MISSIONARIES ALLOWED IN THE INTERIOR

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The Boxer Rebellion-1900

• The Last Chapter of the
  Qing Dynasty

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CAUSES

• EUROPEANS AND JAPANESE EATING AWAY AT CHINA
• THE BOXERS- Society of Harmonious Fists
• MANIPULATION BY THE EMPRESS
• MASS UPRISING THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CHINA
• MASSACRES OF CHINESE CHRISTIANS AND MISSIONARIES
• SIEGE AT BEIJING

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CONSEQUENCES

• COMPLETE AND UTTER HUMILIATION OF THE QING
• EMPRESS DOWAGER STRIPPED OF ANY REAL POWER
• THE COLLAPSE OF THE QING (1911)
• THE COLLAPSE OF THE DYNASTIC SYSTEM (1911)

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This is the way the world ends This is the way
the world ends This is the way the world ends Not
with a bang- But with a whimper
T. S. Eliot 1925