UGC 112 Quiz: Section 13

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 112
• Professor: Claude Welsh

Document Summary

Section 13: trade dispute provoked war -> opium at the center of the dispute. British wanted to sell opium in china -> chinese authorities wanted to stop them. Growing demand in china for opium -> shipped from india at large profit. Annual value of opium -> rose fivefold in 20 years. To buy products of china & meet booming demand for tea -> westerners had to pay cash. Traded & shipped products between asian markets. Exploited resources in other parts of the world. Narcotics are addictive -> create own captive markets & command high prices: chinese statesmen & intellectuals. United in blaming opium addiction for -> demoralizing, enfeebling, & impoverishing increasing numbers of chinese. Aware that drain of revenues -> threate(cid:374)ed chi(cid:374)a"s fa(cid:448)ora(cid:271)le (cid:271)alance of trade. Britain abolished trading monopolies among own subjects -> opened free trade with china. In 1839 -> commissioner lin appointed to end the opium trade.