Articles related to "Opium Wars"



A Short History of Opium
This article provides a short history of opium production and its impact in East Asia.
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Chinese Opium Trade and the British Opium Wars
The trade in this highly addictive drug extracted from poppies and grown in Bengal caused two wars between Britain and China in the 19th Century.
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Shanghai
A brief introduction to the city of Shanghai and its history.
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The East India Companies and the Birth of Corporate Capital
A concise economic history of the East India Companies
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The First Opium War
A brief history of the Opium War between China and Britain in the 19th century.
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The First Opium War
The background to and implications of the First Opium War foughtbetween Britain and China.
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The Second Opium War
A description of the Second Opium War between Britain and France allied against China.
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Researching Asian History
Go beyond the search engines, plus, learn how to cite internet resources in a bibliography.
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Military History for the Wargamer I
The start of a new resource on Suite101's Wargaming pages: a range of interesting and highly informative military history web sites.
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The Top Ten
Take a trip through the top ten most popular articles here in Oriental History.
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The Flashman Papers by George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman is a fictional character forced to don roles ranging from soldier to slave trader, unwillingly caught in the middle of the 19th century's biggest events.
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Royal Palaces and Houses of Beijing
Beijing, the capital of China, houses palaces and retreats where royal emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasty lived.
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14 K Triad and the Drug Trade
The 14 K Triad gains control of the drug trade from Asia and expands its markets into Europe and America.

Beijing's Summer Palace Remains a Playground
China's imperial families once called the Summer Palace their private playground. It remains a playground for tourists today who can boat or ice skate on its lake.
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British Influence Persists In Hong Kong
Great Britain ceded Hong Kong to China after ruling the colony for over 150 years. The sun may have set on the British Empire here but the afterglow is still evident.
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Five Beijing Museums That Are Worth Visiting
Beijing is peppered with museums, including Drum Tower, Museum of Chinese History, Military Museum, Big Bell Temple and Museum of Natural History. All are worth a visit.
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Ming Dynasty Porcelain
Beautiful blue and white Ming Dynasty porcelain has not only been popular for centuries, it played an important role in Chinese history. Learn how and why.
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The Boxers
The Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900: who were the Boxers and what happened to them?
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The Origins of Heroin
Part two of a multipart series on the origins and implications of recreational drugs. From the poppy fields of Asia, pain relief and addiction were born.
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The Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a group of widely spaced, unpopulated islands in the middle of the South China Sea. Why should we care about them?
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The Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a group of widely spaced, unpopulated islands in the middle of the South China Sea. Why should we care about them?
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Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square in Beijing has been the centre of important events in history.
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Yuan-Tsung Chen's View of Chinese Revolution
Yuan-Tsung Chen reveals her family's part in shaping modern China.
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China and the West: The Meeting of Two Suspicious Minds
China has one of the longest and best continuously documented histories of a single civilization. It is a history of isolation, introspection, and suspicion of foreigners. The process of Chinese WTO accession is therefore a bilateral test: It tests the sincerity of China as an international trading partner, and it tests the legitimacy and credibility of the WTO to uphold, equally apply, and enforce the principles described by its founding documents.
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Psychoactive Plants
Historically plants have been valued not only for their medical value but also for their psychoactive effects.
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Rustic Rhubarb
The history, folklore, and uses of rhubarb.
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The Meiji Era and the Modernization of Japan...Part 2
What does the Japanese love of baseball have to do with the Meiji Era? Read about this and the price of modernization.
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Chinese Export Porcelain
A lovely legacy of the China Trade, Chinese Export Porcelain is highly collectible and beautiful to own.
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Term Papers and Essay Tests
Looking for a little help with your term paper? Anxious about an upcoming essay test? Just looking for some interesting links? You can start here.
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Asia's Darkest Moments
Explore some of the worst things that can happen to people, nations and a continent, and marvel that they survived.
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Top Five Hong Kong Tourist Attractions
Whether spending a few days or a few weeks in Hong Kong, there is plenty to see and do to keep visitors occupied and appeal to all tastes.
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