HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: First Opium War, Keelung, Koxinga
Document Summary
Chinese pirates operated in fleets rather than individual pirate operations. Decides to shift strategy and move to taiwan. Able to dislodge the dutch control over taiwan. Supported the tay son rebellion in vietnam. Former commander of the red flag fleet. Had to kneel to the leader of ch"ing dynasty. Wedding procedure was to kneel before the king. Therefore she was able to accept the pardon without it being out. Illegal opium coming from india to china. Shi was in command of a fleet to fight off british forces. British east india company was like a government group. China needed to open ports for western nations. This allowed for the opening of piracy. Britain would intervene if they run into them doing illegal activities. Tsai began attacking more british and american ships. China-british initiative to stop tsai as he increased his attacks. Offered pardon to tsai and appointed him as a naval officer.
