La Storia Dell'imperialismo - Imperialismo in Cina
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Britain Imports Opium into China
Something not quite right about this stuff.
Britain began importing opium into China in the late 1700s. By the mid 1830s, over 11 million Chinese were addicted.
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Opium War
Chinese officials began to seize and destroy large quantities of opium. Claiming a violation of free trade rights, Britain responded with military force. In the resulting war, China was devastated.
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Taiping Rebellion
On to Nanjing!
Chinese peasants grew increasingly frustrated with their leaders. A massive peasant army formed and struggled for over a decade for control of China. Twenty million Chinese died in this uprising.
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Spheres of Influence
Britain
Germany
France
CINA: DIVISO
Russia
Japan
China controlled by foreigners!
Seeing a weakened, vulnerable China, other nations began to move in and carve the nation into spheres of influence.
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Boxer Rebellion
A secret group, the Righteous Harmonious Fists, formed with the goal of expelling all foreigners. These Boxers were defeated, but a new Chinese nationalism was born.