opium+wars

  Opium Wars  Britain imported opium to China. The Chinese officials attempted to ban the importation of the addictive opium, but it failed. The British declared war on China called the Opium Wars. The unequal treaties allowed the British militay technology to claim victory.  In 1842 the treaty of nanjing the chinese open several ports to the British trade, provided Britain with complete control of Hong Kong, grant the British citzens who are living in China  Spheres of Influence   several Europeans forced china to sign a series of unequal treaties. Eventually the western nations was very weary of the governing foreign lands. Established the spheres of influence within china. || united states demanded equal trading status within china. china announced the open door policy in 1899. stated all nations should have equal trading rights because of the sphere of influence. prevented expansion and it did little to restore the chinese sovereignty
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