Second Anglo-Chinese War

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19th-century war Opium War war

The Second Anglo-Chinese War, also known as the Second Opium War (1856–1860), was a conflict in which Britain and France forced Qing China to grant expanded trade rights, legal concessions, and territorial privileges through military defeat and unequal treaties.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Second Opium War	8
Second Anglo-Chinese War canonical	1
Second Opium War (indirect involvement in defense and reconstruction)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9281853 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Anglo-Chinese War
Context triple: [Highland Brigade, conflict, Second Anglo-Chinese War]

A. Sino-French War
The Sino-French War was a late 19th-century conflict between Qing China and France, fought largely over control and influence in Vietnam and resulting in the establishment of French colonial dominance in the region.
B. Anglo-Chinese War
The Anglo-Chinese War, better known as the First Opium War, was a 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and Qing dynasty China that marked the beginning of the so-called "unequal treaties" and the opening of China to Western trade and influence.
C. First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
D. Battle of the Yalu River
The Battle of the Yalu River was a major 1894 naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War in which Japan’s modernized fleet decisively defeated China’s Beiyang Fleet, marking a turning point in East Asian power dynamics.
E. Zhili–Anhui War
The Zhili–Anhui War was a brief 1920 civil conflict in early Republican China in which rival cliques of the Beiyang Army fought for control of the Beijing government, leading to the downfall of the Anhui clique and the rise of the Zhili clique.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Anglo-Chinese War
Target entity description: The Second Anglo-Chinese War, also known as the Second Opium War (1856–1860), was a conflict in which Britain and France forced Qing China to grant expanded trade rights, legal concessions, and territorial privileges through military defeat and unequal treaties.

A. Sino-French War
The Sino-French War was a late 19th-century conflict between Qing China and France, fought largely over control and influence in Vietnam and resulting in the establishment of French colonial dominance in the region.
B. Anglo-Chinese War
The Anglo-Chinese War, better known as the First Opium War, was a 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and Qing dynasty China that marked the beginning of the so-called "unequal treaties" and the opening of China to Western trade and influence.
C. First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
D. Battle of the Yalu River
The Battle of the Yalu River was a major 1894 naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War in which Japan’s modernized fleet decisively defeated China’s Beiyang Fleet, marking a turning point in East Asian power dynamics.
E. Zhili–Anhui War
The Zhili–Anhui War was a brief 1920 civil conflict in early Republican China in which rival cliques of the Beiyang Army fought for control of the Beijing government, leading to the downfall of the Anhui clique and the rise of the Zhili clique.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century war ⓘ Opium War ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Anglo-French War in China NERFINISHED ⓘ Arrow War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commandedBy	Charles Cousin-Montauban NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengge Rinchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	cession of Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street to Britain ⓘ freedom of movement for Christian missionaries in China ⓘ indemnity payments by Qing government to Britain and France ⓘ legalization of opium import into China ⓘ opening of additional Chinese ports to foreign trade ⓘ right of foreign legations to reside in Beijing ⓘ
endDate	1860 ⓘ
hasCause	Arrow incident NERFINISHED ⓘ British desire to expand treaty port system in China ⓘ Frustration with Qing restrictions on foreign diplomats ⓘ Murder of French missionary Auguste Chapdelaine ⓘ Western demand for expanded trade rights in China ⓘ
historicalImpact	contributed to rise of Chinese anti-foreign sentiment ⓘ deepened the Century of Humiliation narrative in Chinese history ⓘ further weakened Qing sovereignty ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagu Forts NERFINISHED ⓘ Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Pearl River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tianjin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Anglo-French march on Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Guangzhou by Anglo-French forces ⓘ first battle of the Taku (Dagu) Forts NERFINISHED ⓘ looting and burning of the Old Summer Palace ⓘ second battle of the Taku (Dagu) Forts NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Western imperial expansion in East Asia ⓘ unequal treaties system in China ⓘ
relatedTo	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Nanking NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Anglo-French victory ⓘ defeat of Qing dynasty ⓘ imposition of unequal treaties on China ⓘ increased foreign influence in China ⓘ
startDate	1856 ⓘ
treaty	Convention of Peking NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Aigun (context of related concessions to Russia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Tientsin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Highland Brigade → conflict → Second Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ

Zeng Guofan → battle → Second Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Opium War (indirect involvement in defense and reconstruction)

Prince Gong → event → Second Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ