OPIUM WAR

CHINA TEA TRADE

• The British wanted Chinese Tea
• The British were spending silver to get the tea
• The British East India Company began to sell Indian Opium to China

INDIA

• The British East India Company began to tax Opium
• The more successful, the higher the taxes
• The British East India Company developed a Monopoly on Opium

CHINA'S RESPONSE

• 1839, Chinese Officials seized Opium in Canton
• The Officials burned all the Opium
• This news took some time to get to London

BRITAIN'S RESPONSE

• 1840, British forces moved to Tientsin
• 1841, The British took over Hong Kong
• The British then took over city after city
• The British Conquest was ended with the Treat of Nanking
• This ended the Opium War in 1842

U.S. AND CHINA

SELF STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT

• The movement began after the defeats that China took
• The Chinese Elite realized they must Westernize their military
• They began to learn from the West
• They then would become equal and even advance past the West

THE OPEN DOOR POLICY

• The Policy was started by Deng Xiaoping
• This Policy allowed foreign powers to enter China
• It also allowed them to set up businesses in China

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

• A Process under President William Howard Taft
• It allowed the U.S. to further it's aims at Latin America and East Asia
• The U.S. used the influence of it's Economic Power
• They offered loans to the foreign countries

PRESIDENTS WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS

• The fifth point was self determination
• It is an open minded adjustment of the colonial claims
• The interests of the population must be equal with the claims of the government

PRESIDENT WILSON AGREEMENT

• 1917, the Lansing-Ishii Agreement was signed between U.S. and Japan
• The Agreement was in regards to China
• Both parties agreed to uphold the Chinese Open Door Policy
• Both parties also agreed not to take advantage of the opportunities in WWI

THE NINE POWERS TREATY

• This was a treaty that outlawed the China from having a close door policy
• US Secretary John Hay issued the open door notes
• This allowed for all nations equal rights to China
• Hay also added that Chinese territories and administrations be maintained
• The Treaty lacked any enforcement issues, and Japan soon violated it

THE NEW OPEN DOOR POLICY

• 1978, Deng Xiaoping announced a new open door policy
• Deng opens China's doors to foreign businesses that wanted to set up in China
• Four areas in China had tax incentives to attract foreign businesses
• Combined with agricultural reforms China's economy took off
• 1980, China was the fastest growing country and in 2001 they joined the World Trade Orginization