The Opium Wars, also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, divided into the First Opium War from 1839 to 1842 and the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860. These were the climax of disputes over illegal opium trade and diplomatic relations between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire.
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China,was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860. During the 2nd opium war during reign of xienfeng emperor,the anglo-french coalition forces attacked the dagu fort near tianjin & beiping,razed the yuan ming garden to ground and ransacked the forbidden palaces,stealing most china national treasures.The opium wars cause the decline of qing dynasty.The western imperialists signed a series of unequal treaties with china to force qing government to cede territories of huguang,tientsin,ningbo,zhejiang,hongkong to foreign powers for setting up of embassy and trading ports.In the later years, most chinese territories were divided among the foreign colonial powers after the boxer rebellion in 1900.
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