HIST 80b Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Li Hongzhang, Indentured Servant, Ever Victorious Army
24 Feb 2017
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The treaty was negotiated by missionaries on behalf of the american government. They outlawed the drug trade with the u. s. The treaty was of great importance to japan, because they never dealt much with the opium trade that had affected the qing. The qing tried to limit translations of foreign texts in order to prevent their influence and interaction. The opening of the 5 treaty ports made this effort difficult. America wrote a significant religious tract that found its way into china. Hong xiuquan was a student who had failed the exams 3 times, and in response underwent a nervous breakdown. He came across the religious text, and came to believe that he was god"s second son (jesus"s younger brother). Hong was a hakka and took positions that would later inspire the early. Communist party, and opposed the binding of feet for women. They abandoned the queue, and opposed polygamy, opium, and tobacco.
