Why Did China Argue The First Opium War In China?

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Opium first entered China in the 7th century for the purpose of medical. And then England brought opium grown in India and traded opium with Chinese. Gradually more and more Chinese people were addicted into opium, which was bad for their health. Chinese government decided to ban opium but the outcome was fail, the first opium war was failed and China should open five treaty ports for England, this is the first time England used opium to open China, which made China open to foreign trade. After the first opium war, the opening ports introduced Chinese silk and tea to foreign countries, the tea export increased 500% and silk export increased 28 times compared with before the first opium war; in addition, Hong announced foreigners could trade

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