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europeans arrive
Though a Dutchman was the first European to sight the country, it was the British who colonised New Zealand. -
white lotus rebellion
was a rebellion that occurred during the Qing dynasty of China. It broke out in 1794,[citation needed] and was at full height in 1796, among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that separates Sichuan province from Hubei and Shaanxi provinces. -
population pressure
the sum of the factors (as increase in numbers or excessive food consumption) within a population that reduce the ability of an environment to support the population and that therefore tend to result in migration and expansion of range or in extinction or decline of the population. -
warlord
was a period in the history of the Republic of China when the control of the country was divided among its military cliques in the mainland regions of Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangdong, Guangxi, Gansu, Yunnan and Xinjiang. -
opium war
opium war was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Empire over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice for foreign nationals. -
opium war 2
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China,[1] was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Empire of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860. It was fought over similar issues as the First Opium War. -
1863
The history of opium in China began with the use of opium for medicinal purposes during the 7th century. In the 17th century the practice of mixing opium with tobacco for smoking spread from Southeast Asia, creating a far greater demand. -
nationalism grows
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nationalism was a major driving force behind Japan’s rise to global prominence and increasingly bellicose foreign and military policies. Today, China’s growing economic, political, and technological might is also accompanied by a nationalist discourse cultivated by media controls and the state’s propaganda system. -
opium trade
in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West. -
Japan take control of formusa
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boxes rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion is an international indie[1] band formed in London, United Kingdom around 2001, consisting of Tennessee-native Nathan Nicholson (vocals, guitar, keyboards), -
fall of ihe qing
Not to be confused with the Qin dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China.
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the beginig of the republic
This article is about the history of the state which currently governs Taiwan Area. For the history of the island of Taiwan, see History of Taiwan. For the history of Imperial China and People's Republic of China, see History of China and History of the People's Republic of China.
