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The Opium War of 1839-42 was short and one-sided, due to the superiority of European weapons, which came as a complete surprise to the Chinese. In
the first skirmish alone, in July 1839, two British warships defeated twenty-nine Chinese ships. On land, the Chinese and their medieval weapons were no
match for British troops armed with state-of-the-art muskets. By the middle of 1842 British troops had seized Hong Kong, taken control of the key river deltas,
and occupied Shanghai and several other cities. The Chinese were forced to sign a peace treaty that granted Hong Kong to the British, opened five ports for
the free trade of all goods, and required the payment of reparations to the British in silver, including compensation for the opium that had boen destroyed by
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Commissioner Lin....
Tom Standage
According to the author, the Chinese encounter with the British led to a
strengthening of the Chinese military
growth in the Chinese economy
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return of Hong Kong to Chinese control
4.
loss of Chinese isolation
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