Inside China's 'Century of Shame': How a Nation Rose From Humiliation to Power - History Collection
4. The Second Opium War (1856-1860)
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The Second Opium War brought further humiliation, as Anglo-French forces looted and burned Beijing’s Old Summer Palace. The conflict ended with more unequal treaties that expanded Western...
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