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Opium Wars
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Opium Wars
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(Historical Terms) two wars (1839-42; 1856-60) between China and Britain resulting from the Chinese refusal to allow the importation of opium from India. China ceded Hong Kong after the British victory in 1842. The British and French victory in the second war established free trade in Chinese ports and the legalization of the opium trade
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