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as many as 12 million Chinese people were addicted to the drug opium.
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the growing supply of opium caused great social, moral, and monetary problems. open slash between British and the Chinese over opium trading.
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A peace treaty was signed. chinese suffered a humiliating defeat.
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u.s and other foregn citizens gained extraterritorial rights.
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grown to 430 million. widespread hunger.
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dowager express back to the imperial court
