The Scale of Modern Times: Military and Diplomacy in the Two Opium Wars
by Mao Haijian
About This Novel
The two Opium Wars were actually a turning point in Chinese history, as a traditional country entered the modern world. The author thus examines the military aspects of the two Opium Wars: the Qing Dynasty's military expenditure, troop strength, equipment, and training levels, in order to reveal the old appearance of the "Chinese Dynasty" in front of the new enemies in the West; the author examines the diplomacy in the two Opium Wars: the entry into the city of Guangzhou, Xili's audience, the ambassador's stationing in Beijing, and Ye Mingchen's diplomatic thoughts, to illustrate " Diplomatic misconduct under the concept of "Chinese Dynasty"; examines several important battle cases in the two Opium Wars: the Battle of Humen, the Battle of Wusong, the Battle of Eastern Zhejiang, and the Three Battles of Dagu, to calculate the actual distance measured by modern standards, and to illustrate the various pains of inconsistency in traditional countries in the process of adapting to the international society. This book and "The Collapse of the Celestial Empire" form a companion volume. They were first published in the mid-to-late 1990s. They are also the author's representative works in modern history research.
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