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Opium Wars

1839–1860 East Asia Status: ended Casualties: ~30,000

Two wars forced China to open its ports to opium trade. The treaties of Nanking (1842) and Peking (1860) ceded Hong Kong and opened China to Western trade and missionaries, beginning the 'Century of Humiliation.'

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Belligerents

  • Britain
  • France
  • Qing Dynasty China

Casualties

~30,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.