{"id":52836,"date":"2019-11-18T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52836"},"modified":"2019-11-17T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:38:48","slug":"the-opium-war-lost-in-compensation-l-history-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/11\/18\/the-opium-war-lost-in-compensation-l-history-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opium War &#8211; Lost in Compensation l HISTORY OF CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kd2CYPdYwcY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>IT&#8217;S HISTORY<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 22 Aug 2015<\/p>\n<p>The Opium War started as a dispute over trading rights between China and Great Britain. Regular trade between Europe and the Chinese had been ongoing for centuries. But China&#8217;s trading restrictions frustrated the British who were eager to supply the Chinese people with the increasingly popular narcotic opium. Circumventing the government&#8217;s attempts to ban opium trade by smuggling and bribery, China declared the death sentence on Opium smuggling and refused to compensate British tradesmen for any losses. Furiously, the Brits sent out a fleet to demand compensation and end the Cohong trading monopoly. Fierce battles and attacks on the Chinese coast were followed. Find out all about the First Opium War from Indy in our new episode of Battlefields!<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nVideos: British Path\u00e9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishpathe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/britishp&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nPictures: mainly Picture Alliance<br \/>\nContent:<br \/>\nLovell, Julia: <em>The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China<\/em><br \/>\nWei, Yuan: <em>Chinese Account of the Opium War<\/em><br \/>\nMcPherson, Duncan: <em>The First Opium War &#8211; The Chinese Expedition 1840-1842<\/em><br \/>\nMerwin, Samuel: <em>Drugging a Nation &#8211; The Story of China and the Opium Curse<\/em><br \/>\nBernard, William Dallas; Hall, Sir William Hutcheon: <em>Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843<\/em>.<br \/>\nIsabel Hilton (<em>The Guardian<\/em>): &#8220;The Opium War by Julia Lovell \u2013 review&#8221;<br \/>\nPerdue, Peter C. (MIT): <em>The First Opium War<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Focw.mit.edu%2Fans7870%2F21f%2F21f.027%2Fopium_wars_01%2Fow1_essay.pdf&#038;v=kd2CYPdYwcY&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=uRptJ1-bOgwws7pwLUmJrsb4IPl8MTU3NDEzMDIyMUAxNTc0MDQzODIx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/ans7870\/21f\/21f.02&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb ABOUT US<br \/>\nIT\u2019S HISTORY is a ride through history &#8211; Join us discovering the world\u2019s most important eras in IN TIME, BIOGRAPHIES of the GREATEST MINDS and the most important INVENTIONS. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL?<br \/>\nYou can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE?<br \/>\nOf course, you can embed our videos on your website. 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We\u2019re happy if we can contribute with our videos. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb CREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Guy Kiddey<br \/>\nScript by: Dan Hungerford<br \/>\nDirected by: Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Markus Kretzschmar<br \/>\nMusic: Markus Kretzschmar<br \/>\nSound Design: Bojan Novic<br \/>\nEditing: Markus Kretzschmar<\/p>\n<p>A Mediakraft Networks original channel<br \/>\nBased on a concept by Florian Wittig and Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nHead of Production: Michael Wendt<br \/>\nProducer: Daniel Czepelczauer<br \/>\nSocial Media Manager: Laura Pagan and Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Contains material licensed from British Path\u00e9<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; \u00a9 Mediakraft Networks GmbH, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-18-The-Opium-War-\u2013-Lost-in-Compensation-l-HISTORY-OF-CHINA.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S HISTORY Published 22 Aug 2015 The Opium War started as a dispute over trading rights between China and Great Britain. 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