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Opium War

Opium War

The Anglo-Chinese war, known as the Opium War that took place between 1839 and 1842 was an amazing disturbance to China. The use of Opium had a crippling effect on the people and economy in China, thus the Qing Court made an attempt to end Britain¡¯s trade of opium with China. This was the first time since the origin of Chinese society that China had a major conflict with a foreign nation. This conflict not only caused China to suffer major losses at the hands of the British but most importantly a great embarrassment within Chinese society. But the truth is that this war was caused by a fundamental cultural conflict between Britain and China, in which the opium trade was the proverbial straw that broke the camel¡¯s back. In many ways, this cultural clash also made the war that much more devastating.
This cultural rift started in the Shang dynasty when a sophisticated system of rituals was developed, which led to the belief that China was the center of the Earth......


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