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Informal Imperialism in China

By MVK3675

  • Start

    Timeline infoLin Tse-Hsu, imperial Chinese commissioner in charge of suppressing the opium traffic, orders all foreign traders to surrender their opium. In response, the British send expeditionary warships to the coast of China, beginning the First Opium War.
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    First Opium War

    Video1839 to 1842.
    Disputes over trade and diplomatic relations between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire led to the Opium Wars. The British won of the First Opium War allowed the British to resume the opium trade.

  • Kowloon Incident

    Kowloon Incident
    Kowloon info
    A Chinese coast guard in Kowloon arrested the commodore of the Carnatic, a British clipper. On Sunday, 7 July 1839, a large group of British and American sailors, including crew from the Carnatic, was at Kowloon. A riot broke out and the sailors vandalised a temple and killed a man.

  • Fighting

    Fighting
    More info about James Bremer
    A British force of 15 barracks ships, 4 steam-powered gunboats and 25 smaller boats with 4000 marines reached Guangdong. The marines were headed by James Bremer. Bremer demanded the Qing Government compensate the British for losses suffered from interrupted trade.

  • Treaty of Nanking

    Treaty of Nanking
    More info about the treaty
    Marked the end of the First Opium War. The main purpose of the treaty was to change the way of foreign trade which had been in used since 1760. The Chinese called the "unequal treaties" because Britain had no obligation in return.

  • Arrival in Burma

    Arrival in Burma
    British rule in Burma
    The British arrived in lower Burma.They imported large amounts of opium from the country India and sell it through a government-controlled opium monopoly to gain profits.
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    Second Opium War

    1856 to 1860.
    The British and French renew their hostilities against China in the Second Opium War. The British attacked Guangzhou from the Pearl River.
    Near the end of the war the importation of opium is legalized and the Russians were granted diplomatic presence in Beijing.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMx-zUIwHDg

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak
    More info about the Arrow
    On 8 October 1856, Qing officials boarded the Arrow, a Chinese-owned ship that had been registered in Hong Kong and was suspected of piracy and smuggling. The Arrow was a pirate ship and had no right to fly the British flag as its British registration had expired.

  • Treaty of Aigun

    Treaty of Aigun
    Treaty
    The Treaty was between Russia and the Qing Dynasty. The Treaty of Aigun was signed with Russia. Russia received over 600,000 square kilometres (231,660 sq mi) from China.
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    Tientsin Treaties

    VideoNegotiations among China, Britain, France, the USA and Russia led to the Treaties, which theoretically brought peace. China agreed to open more treaty ports, to legalize opium importation, to establish a maritime customs service with foreign inspection and to allow foreign legations at Peking (which was a closed city at the time) and missionaries in the interior.