Causes: Well Britain was selling Opium to the Chinese as a major export in exchange for Chinese goods. It was so addicting that over 10 million people were addicted to it in China alone. The Emperor...
Under the 'unequal treaties' settlements of 1842-44 following the First Opium War (1839-42), the old 1724 prohibition against belief in Christianity was lifted, and Christian proselytising in China...