British informal empire in China

Target entity: British informal empire in China
Context triple: [British concession in Hankow, partOf, British informal empire in China]

• A. British opium trade in China
  The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
• B. The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
  The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
• C. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
  Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
• D. The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate
  The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate is a scholarly work by historian John Darwin that surveys and analyzes the major interpretations and controversies surrounding the decline and dissolution of the British Empire.
• E. Dominions of the British Empire
  The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: British informal empire in China
Target entity description: The British informal empire in China was a network of economic, legal, and political influences exerted by Britain over Qing and Republican China through unequal treaties, treaty ports, and extraterritorial privileges rather than direct colonial rule.

• A. British opium trade in China
  The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
• B. The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
  The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
• C. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
  Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
• D. The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate
  The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate is a scholarly work by historian John Darwin that surveys and analyzes the major interpretations and controversies surrounding the decline and dissolution of the British Empire.
• E. Dominions of the British Empire
  The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
• F. None of above. chosen