Opium Wars

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Qing dynasty official historical event military conflict political event unequal treaty war

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Second Opium War	20
Opium Wars canonical	15
First Opium War	2
Anglo-Chinese conflicts of the 19th century	1

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	Opium Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Opium War Opium Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Opium War
describedBySource	Hansard ⓘ surface form: British parliamentary debates 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 dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing Empire South China Sea ⓘ Yangtze River ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Qing dynasty ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject	opium ⓘ
otherBelligerent	France ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Western imperialism in Asia ⓘ history of the Qing dynasty ⓘ
pointInTime	1839 ⓘ 1842 ⓘ 1858 ⓘ 1860 ⓘ
result	Convention of Peking ⓘ Treaty of Nanking ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Nanjing Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction of opium at Humen ⓘ
significantTreaty	Convention of Peking ⓘ Treaty of Nanking ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Nanjing 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Age of Imperialism → hasPart → Opium Wars ⓘ

Military history of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Opium Wars ⓘ

British East India Company → involvedInWar → Opium Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Opium War

British East India Company → involvedInWar → Opium Wars ⓘ