21. HallWorldHistory.com :: The Chinese Opium Wars in the world. You are here World history 19th Century The Chineseopium wars. Search (books). Related Items The opium http://hallworldhistory.com/index.php/Mode/product/AsinSearch/0156170949/name/Th

HallWorldHistory.com the most comprehensive World History portal. Find World History databases from our World History metasearch Browse our World History directory about the topic you want Read Reviews, Compare and Buy the item you want from the most trusted shop in the world World History 19th Century The Chinese Opium Wars Search Apparel Baby Books Computers DVD Electronics Magazines Music Music - Classical Outdoor Living Softwares Video Video Games The Chinese Opium Wars 100% Recommended by our customers. Catalog: Book Manufacturer: Harvest Books Authors: Jack Beeching Release Date: 06 April, 1977 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours List Price: Our Price: Used Price: ThirdPartyNewPrice Price: More Details from Amazon.com Amazon international Product Reviews: An Early Embarrassment for Free Trade Beeching makes great use of historical analysis, and a bit of sarcastic humor, to describe these two opium wars and the surrounding historical context. He does a good job outlining the cultural misunderstandings that made things worse (both sides always called the other crude barbarians), and he does a fine job covering all sides of the story within the context of concurrent British and Chinese history. On the British side, the book does occasionally get bogged down in Parliamentary politics back in London, but on the Chinese side there is good coverage of native culture and an interesting foray into the Taiping rebellion. The most useful outcome of this fascinating book is its lessons about free trade between Western and non-Western economies, which was even a troublesome issue back in the 19th century. In modern times, a common criticism of globalization is its destructive effect on foreign cultures. Any proponent of unrestricted free trade, before condemning such concerns as politically correct nonsense, would be wise to consider the old Opium Wars. The British and their western allies justified the ruination of a society by the profits it generated, and conveniently forgot any religious or political scruples about trading in illegal drugs. Meanwhile the East's distrust for the West was intensified and still remains to this day. One has to wonder if Columbia currently has that attitude about exporting drugs to the U.S. They're just practicing free trade and western capitalism, after all.

22. Web Activity Lesson Plan, Glencoe World History: Modern Times, Glencoe, 2003 Students will be able to apply what they have learned by creating a timelineof major events in Chinese history from the opium wars to 1910. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/worldhistory/gwhmt2003/content.php4/905

"The Opium Wars and Beyond" Introduction The Opium Wars were the beginning of a period of repeated Western intervention in Chinese affairs. Western intervention created a sense of humiliation as well as a hunger for both reform and revolution. In this activity students will read about the Opium Wars and develop a timeline of the major events in Chinese history. Lesson Description Students will go to the Ch'ing China Web site to read about the Opium Wars. Students will answer a series of questions about the Opium Wars. They will then read about the subsequent periods of Chinese history leading up to the uprising of 1911 and create a timeline of Chinese history from 1830 to 1910, including the 10 most important events of that period and a brief description of each event. Instructional Objectives Students will be able to evaluate the significance of events in China during the Opium Wars and later. Students will be able to apply what they have learned by creating a timeline of major events in Chinese history from the Opium Wars to 1910. Student Web Activity Answers Lin Tse-hsü was the Chinese Imperial Commissioner at Canton who tried unsuccessfully to end the opium trade and the government corruption it produced in China.

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You are here 1Up Info Encyclopedia South Asian History Opium Wars ... News Search 1Up Info ENCYCLOPEDIA South Asian History Opium Wars Related Category: South Asian History Opium Wars, Arrow, in Guangzhou. British and French troops took Guangzhou and Tianjin and compelled the Chinese to accept the treaties of Tianjin (1858), to which France, Russia, and the United States were also party. China agreed to open 11 more ports, permit foreign legations in Beijing, sanction Christian missionary activity, and legalize the import of opium. China's subsequent attempt to block the entry of diplomats into Beijing as well as Britain's determination to enforce the new treaty terms led to a renewal of the war in 1859. This time the British and French occupied Beijing and burned the imperial summer palace (Yuan ming yuan). The Beijing conventions of 1860, by which China was forced to reaffirm the terms of the Treaty of Tianjin and make additional concessions, concluded the hostilities. See A. Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes (1958, repr. 1968); H.-P. Chang

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25. CNN.com - 1840-1860: Opium Wars - June 24, 2002 That lease began in 1898, and expired on July 1, 1997. More Hong Kong history.18401860 opium wars. 1860s-1940 In the crown. 1941-1945 Occupation. http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/20/hk.history.01/

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28. The Boxer Rebellion - Books On The Chinese Opium War The Chinese opium wars by Jack Beeching Paperback 372 pages Harvest Books; ISBN0156170949 history in Three Keys by Paul A. Cohen (Paperback) Special Order. http://www.dropbears.com/b/broughsbooks/military/boxer_rebellion.htm

The Boxer Rebellion Books on the siege of the Peking Embassy and the Opium Wars which preceded it. Related Books Chinese History Chinese Wars American Civil War American War of Independence ... UK Bookstore Departments Military Models Military Magazines Military Posters Military Calendars ... War Movies Best Sellers Posters Military Posters The Chinese Opium Wars by Jack Beeching Paperback: 372 pages Harvest Books; ISBN: 0156170949; (April 1977) The Siege of the Peking Embassy 1900 : Sir Claude MacDonald's Report on the Boxer Rebellion by Tim Coates (Editor) (Paperback - January 2001) History in Three Keys by Paul A. Cohen (Paperback) Special Order The Boxer Rebellion : The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 by Diana Preston (Paperback - July 2001) The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900. by Diana Preston Hardcover - 352 pages edition (June 2000) Uncle Sam's Little Wars : The Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion, 1898-1902 by J. Phillip Langellier (Paperback - June 1999) The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates

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Regents Prep Global History Imperialism China Opium Wars In the early 1800s, the British treasury was being depleted due to its dependence upon imported tea from China. The Chinese still considered their nation to be the Middle Kingdom , and therefore viewed the goods the Europeans brought to trade with as nearly worthless trinkets. To solve this trade imbalance Britain imported opium, processed from poppy plants grown in the Crown Colony of India, into China. Chinese officials attempted to ban the importation of the highly addictive opium, but ultimately failed. The British declared war on China in a series of conflicts called the Opium Wars . Superior British military technology allowed them to claim victory and subject the Chinese to a series of unequal treaties Unequal Treaties According to the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing , the Chinese were to: Reimburse Britain for costs incurred fighting the Chinese Open several ports to British trade Provide Britain with complete control of Hong Kong Grant extraterritoriality to British citizens living in China Spheres of Influence Eventually several European nations followed suit, forcing China to sign a series of unequal treaties.

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31. The History Of "Free Trade" The history of Free Trade . of Free Trade The first time the arguments of free tradewere used to sway public opinion occurred with the opium wars in China of http://villa.lakes.com/eltechno/TVAfretr.html

The History of "Free Trade" By Jonathan Larson (1993) Opposing "free trade" and its latest manifestation, The North American Free Trade Agreement, is a bit like trying to stop a runaway truck loaded with mom's apple pies. Rarely has anything seemed so inevitable or respectable. Nevertheless, an organized grass-roots political movement has arisen to oppose NAFTAmostly made up of the victims who have already had their lives destroyed by the policies of "free trade." Elite opinion scoffs at the opponents of "free trade." The unstated premises are, that NAFTA's opposition is made up of people who don't know what's good for them; that trade matters should be left to professionals; and that whatever pain will result in a long-term gain. Even though NAFTA was negotiated by Republicans, support for the agreement is also shared by notorious "leftists" such as Michael Kinsley of CNN's Crossfire and The New Republic. Support for NAFTA crosses political party lines. Bipartisan elite opinion is combined with economic clout to give the illusion of NAFTA inevitability. The battle lines over NAFTA are not drawn between Democrats and Republicans but between economic and academic elites and the populist revolt. The motivations for population in revolt are basicfolks are tired of seeing their living standards decline. An explanation for elite support of NAFTA is far more complex. The question must be asked, "Why, in the face of so much economic distress that a populist revolt has been triggered over trade issues, does elite opinion still believe that NAFTA is a good idea?"

32. Opium Wars This exhibition is yet another attempt to rewrite history and we have seen and Theopium wars were a consequence of Chinese efforts to stop the trade and led http://members.tripod.com/AnilBh/meerut/jeremy.htm

Independence and illusion of equality NEW VISTAS JEREMY SEABROOK Without his permission due to lack of contact information ( no e-mail) The Statesman July 7, 2002 A recent exhibition at the British Library promoted itself thus, "Imagine an England without tea in china cups without pepper, chintz or chutney; travel back 400 years in time and experience the long and perilous sea voyage from London to Asia in the 1600s and discover how everyday things we now take for granted were once exotic and exciting; and learn how the Asian communities in Britain today first started". Claude Alvares in his book, Decolonising History , states that before the East India Company arrived in the sub-continent, there was nothing produced in Europe which India needed. It's own industrial techniques, of great antiquity, had a richness and subtlety far superior to any which European traders had to offer. Such self reliance could not be permitted to endure. And the arrival of the East India Company at Surat in Gujrat in 1608 swiftly ensured that it would not do so. The incursions into Asia - Indonesia, India and China - by what it has become cliché to call "the first transnational " became a

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35. Fortress Europe: The True Lesson Of The Opium Wars ed.) Cambridge history of China, Cambridge University Press, 1978, vol. 10, part1, p. 178. 4. Ibid., p. 179. 5. Ibid.. 6. E. Holt, The opium wars in China http://freespace.virgin.net/old.whig/chinese.htm

Fortress Europe? The True Lesson of the Opium Wars by Sean Gabb Published 1988 by the Libertarian Alliance, London. ISBN - 1 87604 15 1 If there is anything connecting management and unions - and sometimes government - in the European Community, it is fear of the Orient. From Hokkaido to Penang extends the great productive crescent. Its exports come in volumes and at prices disturbing to an economic balance between East and West which even twenty years ago might have seemed part of the natural order. And now the crescent is filling in. Chinese manufactures are appearing in the shops. These are still crude and often funny to look at. But the question is being asked with insistent frequency - what will happen when the principles which have made Hong Kong what it is are applied to a thousand million people? There are two possible answers to this. The first is simple. It will make a thousand million people and all those trading with them very well off. For myself, I doubt if anything costing money has given me as much joy as my Taiwanese wordprocessor. What the Chinese proper will try selling me in ten years time I await with eager hope. The second, however, seems at the moment rather more likely. It is that we shall be dragged behind a cordon of Euro-tariffs and Euro-quotas. In the name of `fair trade' we shall be forced to buy European goods of increasing relative dearness, or not to buy at all. The case for protectionism has been demolished so often and so utterly that showing its economic cost would be a routine use of common sense. Much more interesting is to wonder how politically feasible it can remain. For how long can a market of any size be shut to a more dynamic outsider? There was a time when of all the Europeans the British were best able to know the answer to this. And there really is no better answer to it now than to look at certain events of the last century, when the boot was on the other foot.

36. Hong Kong: Brief History . Brief history. Hong Kong suffer. The opium wars began when China publiclydestroyed a British ship that carried chests of opium. In http://www.gergo.com/webconnections/hk/history.htm

China Hong Kong India Indonesia ... Thailand Home Arts and Culture Attractions Brief History Festivals ... People and Religion People and Culture Chinese Fortune Calendar Chinese Calligraphy History of Chinese Invention and Discovery Religion Confucian Classics Overview on Buddhism Religions in China Taoism Information Page Education The Chinese University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Polytechnic University ... The Lingnan College Brief History Hong Kong Island became a British colony when it was ceded from China in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking. In the 17th century, the island was a sparsely populated fishing community. The British used the ports on Hong Kong to export tea, silk, and porcelain to England. During this period, China accepted only silver bullion as payment for goods. In the 19th century, the British realized that they could purchase silks and teas in exchange for opium. China outlawed the drug, but many people were already addicted, which caused the economy of China to suffer. The Opium Wars began when China publicly destroyed a British ship that carried chests of opium. In January 1841, the British navy claimed Hong Kong Island. The Opium Wars finally ended in 1898, when Britain executed a 99-year lease of the New Territories.

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39. Wit's End Tea Shop - The History Of Tea THE history OF TEA. And then there was tea . The English repliedby blockading Canton(1840), and so began the first opium wars. http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/history.htm

THE HISTORY OF TEA And then there was tea.... Legend has it that one fine day in 2737 B.C., as Chinese Emperor Chen Nung sat in the shade of a tree, a few leaves fell into his pot of boiling water. In tasting the infusion that resulted, the Emperor discovered tea! The first teas were green or semifermented tea. Buddhist priest Yeisei is said to have brought tea to Japan, where it became associated with Zen Buddhism. "The best quality tea must have the creases like the leather boots of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock ,unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like earth newly swept by rain." -Luk Yu Luk Yu, scholar and politician of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) is known as the immortal of tea of China. He devoted his life to tea after becoming disenchanted with politics. He wrote the famous "Tea Classic". Tea began being imported to Holland and England in the beginning of the17th century, The English coffee houses were chiefly for Men. Tea was introduced as a genteel drink, which both men and women could enjoy. Public sale of tea began at London as the East India Company undercut Dutch prices and advertised tea as a panacea for apoplexy, catarrh, colic, consumption, drowsiness, epilepsy, gallstones, lethargy, migraine, paralysis, and vertigo. China mostly imported black tea, Some say that the Western taste for black tea is the result of an error. The story goes that Europeans received a cargo of tea that had fermented because of thelong boat crossing. The recipients believed that they were emulatingthe Chinese, and developed a taste for this kind of tea. Anna, the Duchess of Bedford (1788-1861) introduced tea as a light meal between breakfast and lunch in England. Needless to say, it really caught on.

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Heroin Helper my books angry curious ... tos search: Opium History Use of opium dates back further than there is history. Archeological digs in Switzerland have found Opium Poppy seeds and pods, dating from the Neolithic agethe "New Stone Age", a period running from 5500 B.C. to 8000 B.C. This makes opium the oldest known drug. The Sumarians The first people known to have used opium are the Sumarians who lived in lower Mesopotamia (now western Iraq). The Sumarians are best remembered as the culture that invented writing. But in most ways, they were far ahead of their time. They produced ten times as much food as other farmers in the regionlargely due to their use of irrigation. They traded extensively with their neighbors, especially food and the drugs opium and beerit is estimated that as much as half of the Sumarian barley crop went to beer production. The use of opium by the Sumarians dates back as far as 3500 BC (5500 years). It is known that they used opium medicinally. Some contend that it was not used recreationally. This is highly unlikely, however; the Sumarian name for the opium poppy is hul gil , which means "joy plant". Plus their use and export of alcohol indicates that recreational use of drugs was as important to the people of that time as it is today.

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