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Oct 16, 1557
resricted trade ro canton
The qing govermernment officailly restricted trade to canton -
george macartney visit to china
visit to China by a british offical, george macartney, with a goal of convinving emperor Qianlong to ease restriction on trade between great britain anf China, and to allow britian to have a permenent embassy in Beijing -
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Opium War 1
first angol-chinese (opium) war between britian and china -
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britian trading
treaty of nanking giving gives britian trading and other benifits, including gaining Hong Kong -
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taiping rebellion
Taiping Rebellion -
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bristish and fenches forces
second anglo- chinese opium war in which british and french forces defeat china and force the qing government to sign further unequal treaties -
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self-strengthening
era of self strengthening major rise of foreign presence in treaty ports including foreign concessions disticts with non chinese adminastration -
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china defeated in war
china defeaed in war wiht france establishment of french indochina -
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Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War -
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foreign powers
scramble by foreign powers to gain concessions areas or control in china
