Family Lawyers Association

Matters came to a head over the British opium trade at the Pearl River Delta. In the ensuing Opium War of 1839-42, China was defeated. In the Treaty of Nanjing ending the war China agreed to pay 21,000,000 yuan in reparations to the British government. Five treaty ports—Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai--were opened to the British. ................
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