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- First_Opium_War abstract "The First Opium War (1839–42), also known as the Opium War and as the Anglo-Chinese War, was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Empire over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice for foreign nationals.In the 17th and 18th centuries, the demand for Chinese goods (particularly silk, porcelain, and tea) in the European market created a trade imbalance because the market for Western goods in China was virtually non-existent; China was largely self-sufficient and Europeans were not allowed access to China's interior. European silver flowed into China when the Canton System, instituted in the mid-17th century, confined the sea trade to Canton and to the Chinese merchants of the Thirteen Factories. The British East India Company had a matching monopoly of British trade. The British East India Company began to auction opium grown on its plantations in India to independent foreign traders in exchange for silver. The opium was then transported to the China coast and sold to Chinese middlemen who retailed the drug inside China. This reverse flow of silver and the increasing numbers of opium addicts alarmed Chinese officials.In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor, rejecting proposals to legalise and tax opium, appointed Lin Zexu to solve the problem by abolishing the trade. Lin confiscated around 20,000 chests of opium (approximately 1210 tons or 2.66 million pounds) without offering compensation, blockaded trade, and confined foreign merchants to their quarters. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports of the drug, objected to this unexpected seizure and used its naval and gunnery power to inflict a quick and decisive defeat.In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking—the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties—granted an indemnity and extraterritoriality to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hong Kong Island. The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium War (1856–60). In China, the war is considered as the beginning of modern Chinese history.".
- First_Opium_War causalties "451 wounded".
- First_Opium_War causalties "69 killed".
- First_Opium_War combatant "*British East India Company".
- First_Opium_War combatant "China".
- First_Opium_War combatant "Great Britain and Ireland".
- First_Opium_War commander Charles_Elliot.
- First_Opium_War commander Daoguang_Emperor.
- First_Opium_War commander George_Elliot_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1784).
- First_Opium_War commander Guan_Tianpei.
- First_Opium_War commander Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston.
- First_Opium_War commander Henry_Pottinger.
- First_Opium_War commander Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough.
- First_Opium_War commander James_Bremer.
- First_Opium_War commander Lin_Zexu.
- First_Opium_War commander Qishan_(Manchu_official).
- First_Opium_War commander Sir_William_Parker,_1st_Baronet,_of_Shenstone.
- First_Opium_War commander Yang_Fang_(general).
- First_Opium_War commander Yijing_(prince).
- First_Opium_War commander Yishan_(Manchu_official).
- First_Opium_War date "1839-03-18".
- First_Opium_War date "1839-08-29".
- First_Opium_War notes "Casualties source:".
- First_Opium_War place Qing_dynasty.
- First_Opium_War result "British victory,Treaty of Nanking".
- First_Opium_War strength "19,000 troops".
- First_Opium_War strength "200,000 troops".
- First_Opium_War territory Hong_Kong_Island.
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