Historical influence of opium war 鸦片战争的影响

Affect

  Political and diplomatic

The Opium War of the victory reflects the huge gap between the Eastern and Western technology to military based. "Opium War occurred means that China refused to participate in the diplomatic equality and trade on the basis of the family of nations, a result, the British use of force." Historian John King Fairbank wrote: "Great Chinese Revolution" was the only pole few figures such as Lin, Wei Yuan, began to notice the progress of Western science and technology, and to write books to introduce Western things, but the court, including the vast majority of people, and not a result of the Opium War changed the views of the West, not to mention learning has always been underestimated. "barbarians". After the defeat of the Qing court and did not make it to reform, but continues to pursue a conservative policy of retreat, causing later the Second Opium War, the Westernization Movement, such as self-reliance for national salvation movement.
Enjoy MFN countries have asked for this provision, the Qing government lost a privilege in a country, could mean the loss of the privilege in the powers, the Qing court diplomatic at a disadvantage vulnerable position. Warships moored Port privileges Britain a five treaty ports in warship, after the commercial harbor more open more penetrated the mainland, the defense threatened. Hong Kong Island was ceded to the United Kingdom, to open foreign precedent for cede territory in the later war claimed more land to foreign Chinese territory lost complete. The consular jurisdiction so that China loses its judicial sovereignty, foreigners breaking the law is not the Chinese legal sanctions, the the Qing government can not control the illegal activities of foreigners in China.
Opium War, China to sign unequal treaties start a war actually signed up to five treaties were "Guangzhou contracts", the Nanjing Treaty, the "Mong Ha Treaty, the" Humen treaty "and" Treaty " which Whampoa Treaty in France to obtain Missionary penetrate the Chinese traditional culture; the Americans more made by the "Wangxia Treaty extraterritoriality. This allows the later Qing Empire and foreign powers signed the more unreasonable unequal treaties, so the decline in China's international status, but to cede territory and reparations for the Qing Empire is the first time the. These unequal treaties to a century after the end of World War II in 1943, was able to formally abolished.

"The economy and people's livelihood

China's foreign policy after the war is still to "Jimi". Unequal reaction of the "Nanjing Treaty" is not intense, but equal system of Chinese and British files uneasy. Economic, foreign trade is the rapid growth of the Chinese market, but also open to foreign.
Tsusho after five, the Qing Dynasty, the customs and tax rates British control, tariff sovereignty damage, the imports only smoke low rate of five percent, a large number of foreign goods dumping China can not protect the interests of the domestic industry and commerce in China. Continue to sell opium smokers increasing outflow of silver, the price of silver rose Silver Expensive situation is more serious. The significant increase in British goods imported into China, in 1837, UK exports to China, the total value of goods for more than 90 million pounds to 1845 has reached 2,390,004 thousand pounds. Serious blow to China's national industry and commerce, the originally problematic social economy worse.
Newly opened five treaty ports in the Yangtze Delta, Shanghai closest major export supplies of silk and tea origin, and is located in the affluent district of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, is also in the middle of the north-south shipping station, the Anglo-American businessman original in Guangzhou and its hired comprador floodgates opened Matheson. Anglo and France have been established along the Yellow River Concession, and continues to expand, the formation of the Shanghai International Settlement and French Concession of Shanghai. Later, the path of the center of the Shanghai International Settlement was named to commemorate the Nanjing Treaty "open Shanghai Nanjing Road. [Citation needed]