The trade policies of Britain.
The trade policies of Britain.
The trade policies of Britain.
The trade policies of Britain.
Trade. Export of opium to China (grown in British India) had been a very profitable business for the British. When the Chinese Government tried to put a stop to it, Britain started the war to force China to re-open its market for this British export product.
the negative trade balance between Britain and China
The British won the first and second Opium War.
The opium war mainly began because of the British and China having an opium trade for tea. The British would get there tea if China got there opium. but the cause of the war was that china wouldn't accept opium anymore, and the british wern't okay with that.
The British
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
Chinese were isolated for a long time while, British invented many weapons which let Great Britain defeat China in the Opium War.
False