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The Macartney Mission, was a British embassy in 1793. The englishmen gave gifts of the West's most advanded technology, but was refused by the Emperor since he wrote in a letter that they had everyting they needed.
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First Opium War, which was fought between the United Kingdom and China over their conflicting viewpoints. Battles took place mostly at sea. China took a humiliating defeat for having outdated ships.
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A massive civil war in Southern China against ruling Manchu-led Quing Dynasty.