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In 1793, the Qing emperor agreed to recieve an embassador from England.
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Britain refused to stop trading opium, so the result was a war between the British and the Chinese.
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The Chinese suffered a humiliating defeat in the Opium War, and in 842, signed a peace treaty with the British.
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Hong organized an army made up of peasants, and by 1853 it was made up of 1 million people.
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The United States declared this policy, which proposed that China's "doors" be opened to merchants of all nations.
