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The Opium War
The Chinese were upset over British merchants smuggling opium into China for nonmedical use. So they had a war over it. -
Treaty of Nanjing
This gave Britain Hong Kong after the Chinese were defeated in the Opium War -
Taiping Rebellion
This guy, Hong, makes an army to rebel against China. It didn't work, but almost did. -
China's population reaches 430 million.