Chapter 19

China- There was a massive outflow of silver to the British to pay for Opium. Since most of the people in China were addicts china decided on suppression. Britain didn't like this since they benefited from this. Britain sent its military to teach them about free trade. The treaty of Nanjing ended the opium war but it was on British terms. This treaty imposed a lot of restrictions on Chinese sovereignty and opened 5 ports to European traders.

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