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Opium Wars: Facts & Related Content
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| Date | 1856 - 1860 • 1839 - 1842 |
|---|---|
| Location | Guangzhou • China • Jiangsu • Guangdong • Beijing |
| Participants | China • Qing dynasty • France • United Kingdom |
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- Under the Canton Trade System, which regulated foreign access to China before the Opium Wars, foreign merchants were restricted to one port of access and were subjected to Chinese regulations while in the country.
- China was not only a major power in the East under the Qing but also a wealthy country and a major exporter of luxury goods prior to the Opium Wars.
- The Opium Wars were actually quite small; the British side of the First Opium War fought with only twenty naval vessels and fewer than five thousand troops.
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Lin Zexu
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Charles George Gordon
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Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Sir Hugh Gough
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Daoguang
emperor of Qing dynasty
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