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In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor appointed to end the opium trade [1, 5]. Lin took drastic measures:

The war ended in 1842 with a decisive British victory. The resulting was the first of the "Unequal Treaties" [1, 3]: how_britain_went_to_war_with_china_over_opium

The island was ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" [1, 2]. In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor appointed to end

To reverse this deficit, the British East India Company began smuggling , grown in British-colonized India, into China [1, 3]. Although opium was illegal in China, the trade was incredibly lucrative [4, 6]. 2]. To reverse this deficit

Five "treaty ports" (including Shanghai and Canton) were opened to British trade [2, 3].

Silver began flowing out of China to pay for the drug, crippling the Chinese economy [2, 6]. The Breaking Point: Commissioner Lin Zexu