Treaty of Nanking Effects
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Effects of the Treaty of Nanking
For the first time, China, the once proud country would be forced to cede sovereign land to a foreign power and leave its citizens subject to a foreign rule. The British ended up occupying Hong Kong for the next 155 years and will finally hand over control to China on June 1, 1997.
China at the start of the Opium Wars was not the most economically powerful country because of the lucrative opium trade run by the British. The weight of the payments to the British under condition 2 drastically drained the Chinese Treasury and left Dynasty fiscally unstable.
Although on the surface, the opening of ports to the British for trade does not seem that bad, but this condition would end up being the most damaging to the Dynasty. When the conditions of the Treaty of Nanking were released, all the Western Powers were upset by it. All the Western Powers were trying to make inroads into the vast Chinese market and the conditions that regarded the privileges granted to the British for trade created a negative reaction with the rest of the Western Powers. Soon, the rest of the Western Powers were using old offenses committed by the Dynasty to apply pressure for similar trading rights. Saddled with debts to the British and an obviously inferior military, the Qing Dynasty was forced to give in. This began a series of treaties that would result in 'spheres-of-influence' being carved out of eastern China and eventually would undermine the Qing Dynasty's authority.
Effects of the Treaty of Nanking
For the first time, China, the once proud country would be forced to cede sovereign land to a foreign power and leave its citizens subject to a foreign rule. The British ended up occupying Hong Kong for the next 155 years and will finally hand over control to China on June 1, 1997.
China at the start of the Opium Wars was not the most economically powerful country because of the lucrative opium trade run by the British. The weight of the payments to the British under condition 2 drastically drained the Chinese Treasury and left Dynasty fiscally unstable.
Although on the surface, the opening of ports to the British for trade does not seem that bad, but this condition would end up being the most damaging to the Dynasty. When the conditions of the Treaty of Nanking were released, all the Western Powers were upset by it. All the Western Powers were trying to make inroads into the vast Chinese market and the conditions that regarded the privileges granted to the British for trade created a negative reaction with the rest of the Western Powers. Soon, the rest of the Western Powers were using old offenses committed by the Dynasty to apply pressure for similar trading rights. Saddled with debts to the British and an obviously inferior military, the Qing Dynasty was forced to give in. This began a series of treaties that would result in 'spheres-of-influence' being carved out of eastern China and eventually would undermine the Qing Dynasty's authority.
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