The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years ... in the name of defending trade. The First Opium War lasted from 1839 to 1842. The British Royal Navy had much better guns and easily defeated the ...

The Opium Wars, a 19th-century armed conflict between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire, is narrated by a history professor who has a hypnotic effect on his students.

A rare Qing Dynasty porcelain vase ... by British and French soldiers during the Second Opium War in the 1860s. Specifically, it likely came from the Summer Palace occupied by Emperor Xianfeng.

How should we situate China within the global context prior to the First Opium War? Compared with the Dutch and the ... social and economic background of the Qing dynasty in the early modern period.