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| Macartney Embassy (Macartney Mission) 1792-94 |
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| a british ambassador sent to china for "good will" mission to the court of Emperor qianlong. Sent to ask the emperor to open trade routes for British Merchants. in return, british demanded for cultural free trade and exchange routes that would allow british to access to the capitol. |
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| British & Chinese came to a compromise and established this system of private licensing trading grounds contracted by chinese gov't which would handle all foreign trade. |
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| Emperor Doguangs 1836 Opium Edict |
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| emperor issues an edict (decree/ ordinance) on opium since all the corruption was taking place, deeply affecting chinese population. Sellers were arrested and there was an overall huge crackdown on opium trade. |
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| the island and british established floating warehouse off the island of lintin. built to sell opium where china had NO jurisdiction. |
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| Clipper Ships Coast Trade of Opium |
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| "scrambling dragons" or "fast crabs" that would be used to trade opium. It was a cloak of deniability b/c when they got caught, no 1 know whose ship it was. |
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| Social reprecussions of Opium |
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| increase of production of opium which dropp'd price of opium. which led to an increase in opium addicts. Resulting in addiction of all classes. People would just gather in dens and smoke opium. Crime rates rose and Gov't couldn't control the issue cuz gov't was also addicted!! |
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| Fiscal crisis due to Opium |
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| silver wasn't going to india but to investos. since all the silver was going to china in exchange for their opium. This drain of silver exchange for opium only hurt the chinese b/c the effects of opium causes people to become lazy and nonmobile. |
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| emperor specifically selected this man as commisioner b/c he was smart and morally incorrubtible. His task: to oversee opium issue. Made an ultimatum for the addicts: leave and never come back or 2. stay and trade, but not opium. |
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| Confiscation of British Opium |
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| Lin Zexu (commissioner) blocked the warehouses and took away all chinese servants that work'd for them. Lin additionally destroyed all opium by dumping it publically. |
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| after lin dump'd all the drugs, he address'd a letter to Q. Victoria as to WHY he did his actions. However, she never got the damn letter. t'was intercepted by british foreign ministry. |
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| british gov't rep who assured opium merchants they would be compensated for their loss and would not lose anything by agreeing w/ Lin to surrender their opium. |
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| The main dominant behind the opium trading in China. Would exploit indian workers in India and would sell to their main cliental, the chinos. They would trade commodities: tea, silk, silver in exchange for OPIUM. (top drug dealers) |
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| unfair chinese british treaty. Chinese lost opium war miserably and not able 2 compete w/ british naval ships. British wins: territorial rights, such as hong kong, 5 additional ports added, $3 mill debt owed to britishfrom Cohangs $12 to british gov't. |
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| Most-favored nation status/ Extraterritoriality/ War Indemnity- |
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| china had 2 give the other european powers war concessions too. All 8 had more access ports, open trade and allowing to increase christian missionaries in China, chinas national soverignty was undermined. |
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| Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 |
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| Japanese vs China fighting over Korea resulted in japanese invasion into N. China. |
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| Treaty of Shimonseki 1895 |
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| resulted from Sino-Jap War that required china to recognize japan as colonial masters of Korea, Taiwan. Humiliation of their loss to Japan. 1st loss 2 azn neighbor. |
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