The Opium War was "a brilliantly snappy name that sneakily prejudges the issue in very simple form: While China had done Britain no harm, the British gratuitously invaded China," reported Gelber.

The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. Two wars ... British) had been illegally exporting opium, ...

Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted ...

The causes, events and consequences of the First Opium War (1838-1842) are explored. ... This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China.

During the 19th century, opium was British India's most valued export and China its most lucrative market. So much so that in 1858 Britain went to war not to prevent drug trafficking, but to ...

Others theorise that the war was the result of Britain wishing to defend its national honour after Lin Zexu, the Imperial Commissioner, destroyed 20, 000 chests of British opium. Related Heritage ...

According to Wang Yuanchong, a history professor at the University of Delaware, FDR’s maternal grandfather was involved in the opium business. At the end of the 18th century, the British East India ...

Twenty years later, China lost the Second Opium War, in which French, Russian and a few American forces participated alongside the British. China was compelled to accept full legalization of the ...

Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted military defeats on China and demanded further concessions on trade.. Opium and ...

What the Opium Wars can tell us about China, the U.S. and ... Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted military ...