Opium War generally refers to the first opium war.

The First Opium War (1June 840 ~1August 842) was an epoch-making event in the history of China. Since the late Qianlong period, China has fallen behind the world trend because of its "closed door". Britain usually calls the First British-Chinese War or "Trade War", which was a war launched by Britain against China from 1840 to 1842, and it was also the beginning of China's modern history.

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Impact: The first unequal treaty in the history of China, treaty of nanking, was signed. China began to cede territory, pay reparations and negotiate tariffs to foreign countries, which seriously endangered China's sovereignty.

The Opium War made China a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, lost its independent status and promoted the disintegration of the natural economy. At the same time, it also opened a new chapter in the history of modern China people's resistance to foreign aggression.