Opium Wars, Jesuits, and the Sunset of Anglo-America
The Opium War: After centuries of exporting silk, tea, porcelain, and other goods from China, Britain found that they needed great amounts of silver to pay for the amount of products that they were buying. So, to even out the trade, the British decided to sell opium (grown in India) to the Chinese population.This method was successful in Britain’s favor, as many Chinese became addicted to the drug, and bought great quantities, but it was harmful to Chinese society. Qing emperors decided to take action and in the 1830s, General Lin Zexu was ordered to destroy the trade. Once Lin confiscated the opium, the British were furious, saying that the Chinese were threatening their free trade, and war broke out in 1839.The European gunboats easily defeated the Chinese junks, and these victories forced China to open up its trade. This is when Hong Kong was established as a European trading center, along with 5 other ports..
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Qing attitudes were also further aggravated by traditional Confucian disdain (even hostility) towards merchants and traders. Qing officials believed that trade incited unrest and disorder, promoted piracy, and threatened to compromise information on China’s defences. The Qing instituted a set of rigid and incomplete regulations regarding trade at Chinese ports, setting up four maritime customs offices (in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu) and a sweeping 20 percent tariff on all foreign goods.
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