The Nineteenth Year of Daoguang: from Smoking Ban to War

The Nineteenth Year of Daoguang: from Smoking Ban to War

by Shen Weibin

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"The Nineteenth Year of Daoguang: From Smoking Ban to War" describes Chinese society on the eve of the Opium War and the interaction between legitimate trade and opium smuggling and anti-smuggling between China and Britain from multiple perspectives. This article historically examines the proliferation and flow of opium in China, systematically describes the evolution of the Qing Dynasty's anti-smoking policy at various stages, and explains that the Opium War was a process in which the anti-smoking policy gradually evolved into a ban on smoking, eventually leading to armed conflict.

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