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Recent Event Highlights: Britain continues to sell opium to people in China, and 4 more...

Created by 12foehlingerm on Nov 9, 2010

Last updated: 11/09/10 at 08:45 AM

• The Taiping Rebellion
  1850 to 1864

• China suffers defeat by the British
  1842

• Treaty of Nanjing
  1842

• Opium War
  Jul 1, 1839

• China's decree
  1799

  "Opium is a poison. It is prohibited by law."

• Britain continues to sell opium to people in China
  1729 to 1799

• China bans the smoking of Opium
  1729