China 19th - 20th century By gfruchter Jan 1, 1644 beginning of Qing Dynesty Qing Dynesty Jan 1, 1793 China rejects British trade Opium: The Downfall of Imperial China Jan 1, 1825 Introduction of Opium in China by the British Jan 1, 1839 First Opium War 1839 - 1842 Jan 1, 1842 Nanjing treaty Treaty between China and Britain to end the first Opium war - "Unequal Treat" - China was forced to agree to open up new ports for trade, and to surrender the island of Hong Kong. Jan 1, 1856 Second Opium War 1856 untill 1858 Jun 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 May 1, 2850 Taiping uprising 1850 - 1864
