History of the Opium War
by Zhu Xiehan
About This Novel
From the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century, world capitalism entered a period of rapid rise. The new economy, which was market-oriented and aimed at capital proliferation, drove Western capitalists to use China, a country with a large population and weak national power, as a sales market for their industrial products. However, faced with the barriers of China's self-sufficient natural economy, it was difficult for Western industrial products to find a market and suffered repeated losses. As a result, British businessmen began to use opium, a special commodity, as an important means to open the door to China. The proliferation of opium brought serious disasters to Chinese society. Lin Zexu was ordered to launch a resolute and powerful anti-smoking campaign. Britain used this as an excuse to launch a war of aggression against China, forcing the Qing government to sign the first unequal treaty in Chinese history - the Treaty of Nanjing. After the Opium War, China's social nature began to undergo fundamental changes, gradually becoming a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
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