GASA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Unequal Treaty, Existential Crisis, History Of Opium In China
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1815, the 5 great european powers agreed to maintain a balance of power. Competition/ expansion now firmly shifted to asia. 1824, burma, south east asia was colonized. India became a way to open china: opium trade. Tea went from china to england, creating a balance of payments problem. Vast amounts of silver went to china. Scheme to get the chinese addicted to opium: notes from film clip. Cultural and social problem for the chinese. 1200 tons of opium, and needed 3 weeks to get rid of it all. Opium trade had a lasting effect on asian countries and now have strict drug trade laws: the opium wars: First opium war: ceded hong kong and opened up canton. Prime minister palmerston set out another fleet in 1841 for better terms. Captured shanghai and forced the treaty of nanjing. Second opium war: the arrow was a merchant ship with an expired.