dthgxdty By trippie.kami Period: 1839 to 1842 empress dowoger ci xi worked with her goverment officials to fight agianst the ritish in the agianst the british in the first opium war 1842 sign the treaty of nanjing Period: 1850 to 1864 china peasants angry over poverly and corruption/ natural disater/ loss of mandate of heaven Period: 1861 to 1908 dowager empress CI Xi china 1900 throw out the foreigners