First Opium War
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title:
First Opium War
text:
The First Opium War, also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private opium stocks from mainly British merchants at Guangzhou and threatening to impose the death penalty for future offenders. Despite the opium ban, the British government supported the merchants' demand for compensation fo
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1839–1842 war between Britain and China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War
date created:
2002-11-04T02:43:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:47:30Z
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