Opium Wars

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The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.

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Generate an image of the Opium Wars (The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Second Opium War 20
Opium Wars canonical 19
First Opium War 2

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Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qing dynasty official ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
political event ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
war ⓘ
war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
conflictBetween France ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
consistsOf First Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars

Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
describedBySource British parliamentary debates ⓘ
linked to: Hansard

Qing dynasty memorials ⓘ
modern historical scholarship ⓘ
endTime 1842 ⓘ
1860 ⓘ
1860 ⓘ
hasCause British opium trade in China ⓘ
Chinese efforts to suppress opium ⓘ
Qing dynasty restrictions on foreign trade ⓘ
trade imbalance between Britain and China ⓘ
hasEffect beginning of the so-called Century of Humiliation ⓘ
cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain ⓘ
cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain ⓘ
contribution to the Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ
expansion of Christian missionary activity in China ⓘ
extraterritorial rights for foreigners in China ⓘ
growth of foreign concessions in Chinese cities ⓘ
increase of Western influence in East Asia ⓘ
integration of China into global trade networks ⓘ
legalization of opium import into China ⓘ
opening of five treaty ports ⓘ
opening of treaty ports in China ⓘ
rise of Chinese anti-foreign sentiment ⓘ
unequal treaties imposed on China ⓘ
weakening of Qing dynasty sovereignty ⓘ
hasParticipant Lin Zexu ⓘ
keyFigure Charles Elliot ⓘ
Daoguang Emperor ⓘ
Lin Zexu ⓘ
Qianlong Emperor ⓘ
Xianfeng Emperor ⓘ
location China ⓘ
China ⓘ
Humen ⓘ
Pearl River Delta ⓘ
Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

South China Sea ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
mainBelligerent Qing dynasty ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject opium ⓘ
otherBelligerent France ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Western imperialism in Asia ⓘ
history of the Qing dynasty ⓘ
pointInTime 1839 ⓘ
1842 ⓘ
1858 ⓘ
1860 ⓘ
result Convention of Peking ⓘ
Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking

Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ
significantEvent destruction of opium at Humen ⓘ
significantTreaty Convention of Peking ⓘ
Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking

Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ
Treaty of the Bogue ⓘ
startTime 1839 ⓘ
1839 ⓘ
1856 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
topic colonialism ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
gunboat diplomacy ⓘ
international law ⓘ
opium ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Age of Imperialism → hasPart → Opium Wars ⓘ
British East India Company → involvedInWar → First Opium War ⓘ
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British East India Company → involvedInWar → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Victorian era → significantEvent → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Opium Wars → consistsOf → First Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
Opium Wars → consistsOf → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Qing dynasty → notableEvent → Opium Wars ⓘ
Chinese nationalism → influencedBy → Opium Wars ⓘ
Canton → notableEvent → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Qing army → conflict → Opium Wars ⓘ
Canton Campaign → conflict → Opium Wars ⓘ
Canton Campaign → partOf → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Canton Campaign → relatedTo → Opium Wars ⓘ
Canton Campaign → relatedTo → Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
Marble Boat → destroyedOrDamagedIn → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Old Summer Palace → destroyedDuring → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Tower of Buddhist Incense → damagedIn → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Longevity Hill → rebuiltAfter → Second Opium War ⓘ
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John Arbuthnot Fisher → conflict → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Treaty of the Bogue → conflictContext → Anglo-Chinese conflicts of the 19th century ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
British opium trade in China → relatedConflict → Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
Jacky Fisher → militaryConflict → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Treaty of Tientsin → signedDuring → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Treaty of Tientsin → relatedTo → Opium Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Chinese War → partOf → Opium Wars ⓘ
Convention of Peking → partOf → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Convention of Peking → ended → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Xianfeng Emperor → notableEvent → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Xianfeng Emperor → conflict → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Century of Humiliation → hasPart → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Charles George Gordon → participantIn → Second Opium War ⓘ
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Pax Britannica → hasKeyConflict → Opium Wars ⓘ
Bogue → associatedWith → Opium Wars ⓘ
Battle of Chinkiang → partOf → Opium Wars ⓘ
British forces → conflict → Opium Wars ⓘ
Arrow War → partOf → Opium Wars ⓘ