First a conflict (like in this Gem video here), then a special episode about weaponry, strategy, and tactics in that conflict. That would be beyond great. About East Asia? Yes. Or from any other region.
@@Mr_lendon0814 People in the past weren't idiots, they knew very well how drugs worked. drug addiction isn't some new modern concept nobody knew about
The silver coins mentioned around 1:22 were known by the british as pieces of 8 after their native spanish name "Real de a 8" or Spanish dollar, which was the first international currency, being minted since 1497 it was the coin upon which the original United States dollar was based, and it remained legal tender in the USA until the Coinage Act of 1857. Some experts argue that the "$" symbol is a simpified version of the columns and stripe that appear on one side of the Spanish dollar and are present to this day on the Spanish coat of arms, as well as the Spanish flag. The columns represent the pillars of Hercules and the ribbon that goes through them reads "Plus Ultra" latin for beyond, in reference to the existence of landmasses beyond the old world (i.e. The New World, currently known as The Americas). Many other currencies around the world were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-real coins as well, like the chinese yuan, the japanese yen and the variety of pesos throughout Hispanic America.
Now Britain is all alone. The sun has finally set on this empire. Now it’s so poor, I’ve heard that there’s hardly any fruits or veggies in their supermarkets...most shelves are empty....
The First Opium War, the Second Opium War, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, set Yuanmingyuan on fire, and the Japanese war of aggression against China...... The modern history of China is the history of Chinese people's blood and tears. During our middle school years, studying modern Chinese history was the most painful. China's century of humiliation has deeply engraved the concept of "falling behind means being beaten" in the hearts of every Chinese person. Therefore, the Chinese people strive to catch up, in order to prevent people from being oppressed and bullied by others.
@@Rowlph8888 Hahaha, I don't know where you are from and why you came to this conclusion. I am Chinese, and the situation you mentioned is completely different from what I saw. The younger generation may be confused, but it is definitely not as common as you said. China has 1.4 billion people and is a very large country. Use your brain to think about it. If it were really like what you said, China would have been in chaos long ago
@@Rowlph8888 The Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchus, but after the Manchus controlled the Central Plains, they declared themselves to be the orthodox faction of China. The Qing government continued to use the traditional Confucian culture of the Han Chinese in terms of writing, administrative management, and culture, which can be said to have completely sinicized the Manchus. The Qing Dynasty also regarded itself as China to the outside world. Chinese culture has always been a culture that embraces all rivers and is inclusive. The ethnic groups around the Han ethnic group have basically been sinicized. You can see that there are 56 ethnic groups in China today, with the Han ethnic group being the main ethnic group, and most of the 55 ethnic minorities have already been sinicized. This is the true charm of Chinese culture, which encompasses everything. Foreigners find it difficult to understand this point, unless they learn Chinese and conduct in-depth research, otherwise it is difficult to understand the spirit of Chinese culture.
The various Sino rebellions of the 1850s-1870s. A series would be a welcome project. Consisting of The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1871), The Nian Rebellion (1853-1868), The Red Turban Rebellion (1854-1856), The Miao Rebellion (1854-1873), The Panthay Rebellion (1855-1873), The Dungan Revolt (1862-1877). All contributed to the fall of the Qing, all are events many westerners are ignorant towards. I believe this would be a worthwhile series due to very few videos being about them. They illustrate the circumstances of why The Qing were so vulnerable and collapsed. Thanks for considering and for asking for the suggestion. Cheers
Considering how many of the comments are “tipping their hats to the Brits”, they mostly feel proud, instead of shamed, about what the west did. They wanna to portray themselves as a constant wining power that collapsed an foreign empire in order to justify their internal need for a sense of western superiority of some sort.
Because the domination system of the Qing dynasty was ultimately non-Legitimacy against 430 million Han Chinese became forcibly oppressed. They invaded mainland china 400 years ago after opening the gate of Shanhai Pass with collaborating Han traitor(Wu Sangui). Their regional- Eight Banners soldiers(駐防八旗) were stationed in each main cites and watched Chinese behavior. Manchu imperial family members married wealthy Mongols princess who traditionally and has served as religious teachers who Dalai Lama of Tebet. 430 million Han Chinese began to serve barbarian emperors non-related to their culture & history with cut their unique hair forcibly by savage nomads' order(薙髮令) in 1644, and have lost their unique-identity for 290 years under a ruthless-rule.
I think the main cause of decline is the Chinese civil war. Especially the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, which occurred in the most economically developed regions of China, resulted in the death of tens of millions of people. These led to the rapid collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Especially when Japan took advantage of the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty to launch the Sino Japanese War, it completely destroyed the Qing Dynasty in name only.
That is because the West completed the industrial revolution, and China, due to its conservative closed policy, China has been in the era of cold weapons agricultural society, if the Chinese government at that time was a very aggressive government, then the collection of China's huge human and material resources, in terms of weapons far superior achievements far beyond Europe
Unlike China ,India was not a nation at that time , so your arguments are vain. They conquered or bought small provinces, that's how strategically the British conquered the Indian subcontinent with a pinch of divide and conquer strategy. If only that old India was like today's united as a single nation, no power would have even thought of a glimpse of bad eye towards India.
I just started lecturing on colonization this week in my courses. The colonization of China played a huge role in the fall of the dynasty who failed to modernize in the 19th century.
I feel most information of China is base off only base of western view, specifically justifying their “superiority”. Just in case anyone don’t know, the last dynasty of China is an foreigner power that take over China sometime ago….so, it is just exchange one group over another.
@Oggie389 I teach western civilization, so I actually start from Mesopotamia and work my way up. I lecture on the opium war as I get to the colonization period. I actually have all my lectures on my channel you are welcomed to take a look
The Opium War actually made Korea, Taiwan and Ryukyu vulnerable to Japan because it weakened China. The British Empire did not take this into account and indirectly caused the Pacific War
All of them except Japan had to live under a Chinese empire long before this so an advanced strong and extremely ambitious China like it once was is not exactly something they would want. We can throw in Vietnam Thailand Java Malaysia practically everything in Asia in the West. China love to bully everybody in Asia back in its heyday. Now they want to cry that for 100 years people were able to bully them.
@@buzby303 It did. It gave the Japanese courage that if they have weapons like the Europeans they can beat China too. That's why they modernize their army.
@@nsebast It's not so obvious here but I think what truly changed and motivated the Japanese was their victory against the Russians. They truly thought they were hot stuff because honestly, they would've lost that war if not for the growing unrest back home.
It's famous in China as a common saying " To be lagging behind is to be punished '' , the westerners really taught us that lesson for all these years since 1840.
That's right: the British kings and queens have been the bosses of the piratic British narco-monarchy since ever. Today they are still in business, laundering the dirty money of drug dealers, dictators, murderers and criminals in the dozens of tax havens that they have scattered around the globe, from Gibraltar to the Cayman Islands. British pirates never change: willing to ruin anyone for their own benefit.
Qing was not a feudal state, they didn't have lords or kings ruling over different provices, that stopped when the first emperor wiped out the feudul system
America is falling apart while China is pushing ahead. America is consumed by drugs, pleasure, and degeneracy. The funny part is that America has no clue why it's falling apart. They can't put the pieces together. It's ironic that China had this happen to them before. They learned from it, and used the same tactic on the West.
I am truly amazed by the british empire considering their size and population they ruled the almost all of indian subcontinent and defeat china in 2 war that is really incredible
They proved decisively that a pre-industrial military is no match for a modern, industrial military, no matter how large and rich and powerful the former is.
@@Chadius_Thundercock china was always a strong country I am from turkey we left our homelands thousand year ago mainly because of them they have a huge population size and resources they were basicly the strongest country on the world for thousands years.
Its funny how china is « Sad » that the treaties were unequal. Bitch you lost the war, its too late for an equal treaty. Should have been less idiot about it
@@edwardtandy9613 I think that he meant "The British Museum" in London. You know that very well what he meant. It shows you British are still with a defeatist mentality. Your status of country & culture is nothing more or less nowadays, ome down in the world😂
Great video! Thank you for doing a recap in the last fourth of the video or so, it really helped glue it all together. Great teaching, thank you, subscribed!
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
The **Opium Wars** (1839-42, 1856-60) were conflicts between China and Britain, primarily over trade imbalances and the illegal opium trade. A key geographic aspect was the map of China's **coastal regions**, especially ports like **Guangzhou** and later **Hong Kong**, which became focal points of British interest. The Treaty of Nanking (1842) forced China to cede **Hong Kong Island** to Britain and open five treaty ports for trade, reshaping the political geography of East Asia.
Sure is wild that an empire literally went to war to force the selling of narcotics to an entire civilization. Really makes me wonder just why exactly are the Cartels in America are able to operate with such impunity.
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"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China, Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation. I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
As an European-Portuguese-born citizen of Earth, I suport Love only. Borders are man-made invisible barriers. And barriers are not a part of Love. United we stand, for an United Earth ❤️🙏☀️
Ridiculous assumptions.I'm Western and I'm ashamed of this and I hope the entire human race will improve in the future.But when we have comments like yours here seeking petty revenge oon generations of people that have nothing to do with this, taking offence for previous generation when you didn't have 2 suffer anything that they suffered, I don't have any hope for the human species. The vast majority of Western Europeans are ashamed of this kind of activity, how could you not be when you see the results of addiction and the misery of death.But the Chinese here, don't seem to see how the Chinese government themselves were quite happy for trade to begin and continue, until the value of trade turned in the Brits favour, then they cut the trading relationship off entirely, showing not only that they didn't give a crap about the Chinese people in the 1st place, but that they cared even less about the Chinese people, when not taking any responsibility for their part in the Chinese People's misery in the 1st place, but also doing a stupid manoeuvre in a trading relationship with the country with 10 times the technological capability in everything, including warfare. Ultimately, the Chinese government has responsibility for the welfare of the Chinese people, the Brits and the French do not.In cutting off trading relationship in the way they did, it was obvious there would be repercussions, and there would be today, from every nation in such a position.The Chinese government, new repercussions would be exercised on the Chinese people and not themselves or their friends, who are protected in high places
this war started the Century of Humiliation for China, that is what they are taught.. It is not the war they have a problem with, but the unfair trade treaties and occupation of lands that they feel caused the humiliation.
19:49 weird age. Brits sell opium in Asia, and 1 Brit wants to stop it, not becuause it hurts and ruins his fellow Homo Sapiens, but because he fears Middle-Eastern magic. well, maybe he was indeed a humanist and cared for all the victims of the opium trade. In this case, only his rhetoric is weird
@@vulkanofnocturne you missed my point. suffering was real, humans were real, empathy was real. magic was not real. Even back then. That's what makes it weird. For me.
This is why I find the idea that Britain knew the harsh reality behind Opium laughable 😐😐 people thought addictions were just laziness , they weren’t sympathetic to the same extent now
As a Brit I feel amused and even proud of the crazy antics we got up to in those days. We really bullied our way around the world for ages, sometimes above board, sometimes more sneakily and sometimes with a bit of gun-boat diplomacy 🙂 I love 19th Century British history with all its ups and downs. This was really interesting, well researched and presented. Will subscribe.
This was so useful and informative, thank you! Disgusting how much of these wars boils down to the British/Allied Powers throwing tantrums about perfectly reasonable rules and requests, they honestly read like snotty little four-year-olds.
Ah yes, a country acting in its own interest militarily has never happened before the British or after. Iraq should just have respected the rules set and agreed upon internationally, rather than just invading Kuwait.....
6 months late, really the wars were because the first "stock market crash" happened, or at least something very similar in effect, western powers where terrified and so they began trying to make colonies profitable, which failed but resulted in a surplus of opium, so they came to the conclusion that if they basically had a country that had to listen to their demands that they didn't have to put any money into besides a beginning investment in an idea of forced trade that was basically just a massive profit. It was highly effective and treated the stock market crashed effects, the demands of the qing empire was reasonable but the allies who were all suffering from the crash basically wanted any excuse to fuck over china for the silver they invested. Still a dick move
@@rocketmonty9916 No other country, apart from the USA has as much given so many lectures to the rest of the world while being so eager to so ruthlessly violate their own stated principles.
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Having been the first country to industrialise, Britain had a technological advantage over the rest of the world. The more the rest of the world industrialised as well, the harder it became for Britain to retain its role of global hegemon. Britain has yet to come to grips with its much reduced importance, and with the blunder its political leaders have created since the dissolution of the empire.
It's got more to do with the mismanagement of relations with the growing nation of Germany in the lead up to the world wars, then the effect of those wars, than others catching up industrially. By the start of World War I USA was already producing more industrial output than Britain, but Britain was always going to be able to stay far ahead in money gained from trade, military power and because USA was heavily in debt to them. Independent studies show that it's likely that without the 2 world wars, Britain would still be militarily the most powerful country in the world, right now, but not by much and the USA would have been gradually making inroads over the century and the ascendance of the USA would eventually be inevitable. In our timeline, the US benefited from Staying out of the wars and being the only country that was actually growing stronger economically, whilst everyone else was dramatically getting weaker. Before the First World War United States was massively indebted to the Brits, for borrowing in order to develop its economy througghout the previous century. The wars massively Swapped the imbalance in the opposite direction. *Added to this was the US having the safety and time to develop the atomic bomb, which then became a massive threat and a deterrent, so the takeover was immediate. *The British Empire had tied up most trade routes in Britain's favour and gave Britain' Strategic advantage all over the globe in terms of reconnaissance, storing of military gear and presence in tactically beneficial areas, if attacked. These facets lways dramatically improve their circumstances compared to any nation, even with a vastly more numerous army or navy, which the US was obviously going to develop over the course of the mos20th century, if the world wars did not happen and the changes in our timeline didn't happen
That’s not true actually Britain maintains a major edge in technology over basically everyone and in economics. Even during the early 20th century Britain was economically and politically more important the literally everyone. Even today that still remains.
@@kordellswoffer1520 Does Britain dare to go to war with China now? China can easily wipe Britain off the face of the earth, but the British empire is the first in the universe, and the British universe is the first.
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
What was the problem to fight back when the country wanted her citizen free from drug? Just because the Brittan wanted to conquer another country to satisfy her greed.
Trade is just an excuse, and the main purpose of the West is to colonize China like India. However, unfortunately, China is a unified big country, and the West does not think it can eat this meat. There are many intentionally beautifying Western languages in the video, which are not explained in a fair position. It may also be due to the author's limited understanding of this history and insufficient understanding of what the West has done in China
🤨 💭 Hmmm Oooh lord🤦♂️!… Any story about about Western nations invading Asia, Africa, America, Middle East, Pacific, etc… always excruciating… Afterwards, they’d send Priests into that territory to continue spread their evil spirits… Western civilization acting like world police officers but they’re the robbers, thieves, criminals, etc…
US and Russia was not "Neutral". They took land too and gave themselves extra rights. Basically gave their own laws before Chinese laws. Europeans above Chinese under their laws etc...
@@finaLee69 mughal did not colonize India. They were one of rulers of India sub continent. Colonization is European concept. Rest of world really never used .
Was qing china weak at this era? Looks odd that two european powers were able to deal this ammount of damage even though they were powerful, China was playing at home. Any insights would be helpful, thanks!
Europe had technological supremacy and China closed themselves off to foreign ideas. They had the attitude "we have everything we need, we don't need your barbarian ideas and products, China is the best and everyone else should kowtow to our emperor" (see: "Emperor Qian Long's Letter to King George III, 1793"). Not so different to where the new emperor is taking them today, really. (for the opposite: see the Meiji restoration of Japan)
by this time, the technological gap and the gap in military doctrine was HUGE. Just compare the ships on both sides. That's the best, most spectecular way to see this. China was many many decades (I say more than a century) behind the West. Plus, the West were colonial powers with a lot of combat experience on every level of their military forces.
@@rodheqThe 2nd Qing War involved Britain and France. The boxer rebellion involved a bunch of European countries. The only difference between the British and other Western Europeans is that the other Europeans were worse in their actions and less powerful
The use of opium in China at the time has variously been estimated at 0.01%, to 5% and even 10% of the population. Interstingly, this compares with the use of illicit drugs in the US, which stood at 13 % of the overall population in 2019, and at around 60% of ages between 17 and 40.
USA did it to themselves. China dont sell them any drugs. Mexican cartels buy the base chemicals from China and made fentanyl and sell it to USA. These base chemicals can be used for a lot of legit use.
One time usage and addiction are entirely different. Marijuana and opium are very different in addicting power. Now if you take cocain/heroin (or worse) statistics, I really doubt it rises to these levels in the US.
So why was the UK able to defeat a foe with greater numbers, especially in the 1st Opium War? 1. The UK had a very well trained and professional military,the Chinese were mostly peasant conscripts who primarily fought against bandits. 2. The UK was better equipped,while China was the birthplace of gun powder, most Chinese soldiers at that point were equipped with either spears or bows and the ones who had guns had old matchlock muskets. To put it bluntly: The Chinese brought knives to a gun fight. 3. The UK also had better equipped ships as their ships were both steam powered and iron clad,in the war's 1st big naval action,the Royal Navy managed to destroy an opposing island's defenses in just 9 minutes. 4. You have the arrogance of the Chinese who thought all foreigners were barbarians destined to live under Chinese rule. By the way,it was also how the Japanese were able to defeat the Russians in the 1904/1905 Russo-Japanese War,see even though the Russians had an edge in numbers,the Japanese were better trained and equipped
The way I always heard it, China was in a seriously bad place long before European powers arrived on their shores to make things worse. Had the British, French or anyone else turned up even a century earlier, the fight would have had a very different outcome 🤔
Britain and France were still both global powers a century earlier with advanced training and weaponry, the war may have been more bloodier but the outcome would've been the same. The Europeans have a short history compared to Asia but it became very proficient at war because they waged *LOTS* of it and developed a taste for it.
@@lionelhutz5137 unlikely, while the brits army could punch above its weight a hundred times or more, china has a thousand times more men, in particular the cavalry which are still dangerous to musket men in large formations. brits can win against 30k army with 2k men, but what about 10 waves of 30k armies? exhausting them to death is a viable option, cutting supply lines and hundreds other tactics could be employed with an actual functioning government.
@@lionelhutz5137 Mid 1700 would be the early Qianlong era. That was when Qing Dynasty China was arguably at it's peak so the chances of it beating the contemporary Britain or France in a land war was quite high. A naval war would have been another story.
China is an agrarian society, and China's economy is circulating internally and does not have contact with the outside world. Since the arrival of the aggressors, China has experienced nearly 100 years of war, plundered its wealth, lost a large area of territory, and plummeted by one-third of its population
The Opium Wars were a pivotal part of 19th-century war history, marking a clash between China and Britain over trade disputes and sovereignty, ultimately leading to the Treaty of Nanking and significant shifts in global power dynamics.
@@leelee-om9rc The Opium wars is Ancient history, the British public has no responsibility for this. The Chinese authorities were equally culpable in agreeing to the trade in the 1st place. Funny how the Chinese don't take any responsibility for this, then why should the Brits take responsibility for a 200 year old government, that was railroaded by a small group elite, galvanised by the psychopathic Palmerston, and this was soon curtailed once Gladstone became Prime Minister repeal started happening *The Chinese are more concerned and upseabout the Japanese denial of war crimes, than this much older episode in history
British: knock,knock. Lets trade. China: OK British: You dominate the trade and we are losing silvers, that's not OK, so I am gonna sell you drugs/opium China: No. British: OK and I will beat u (In the name of free trade😅)
As the west did with opium, so the Chinese do now with TikTok :) the best thing is they don't need to manufacture content in India, the "influencers" do it for free.
Lol if this were some grand conspiracy theory, you’d better shut it before more ridiculous shit pop out. As far as I can see, the bullshits on TikTok and the regular okay stuff, literally are just the generic reflection of its users and the internet as a whole. You are just pretending weird shits doesn’t exist until TikTok while there plenty stuffs on Twitter FB or Instagram that never suited your view of the world all along.
@@eggnugget575 how is It justified? Learn something about chinese history and how they treated/treat the other nations. How u justify what they are doing to the uygurs? Such childish attitude and naivety... I wonder if u got the same attitude in life with personal relationshipS
@@WissHH- as do all the other social media. TikTok does absolutely nothing that the other social media don't do. Americans focus on TikTok because you can't stand that a chinese company is doing better than american tech companies at their own game. And that's because you have some profoundly racist views, even though you can't admit it to yourself. Like most westerners, you think the Chinese to be intellectually inferior despite the fact they fill your universities with bright students. So a chinese tech company is not allowed to beat the Americans.
Thanks for Your map because the region next to Qing usually shown by Qing property, but in reality it was not till a certain time. It is just how they want to show like Iran version of Central Asian history while some crucial details were incorrect, because the Central Asian historians are not active. That is way better to learn from several resources like Prussian, British, French..... of course depends on the region. If the British colonized the place it's better to read the Prussian(German) version, colonized place or the French versions depends. As I am saying and compare to come to real version of it comparatively. It is way that I do.
I'm a Chinese and we really don't trust the West. In particular, the British put the treasures looted from us on display in museums and not returning them to us, which motivates us to work hard to make progress
This kind of deep is a dark part of the English speaking world. For a handful of gold we have been left with a legacy that will never wash away, and an ugly sustaining guilt forever. But the worst part of it is that the English speaking world has brought upon itself the revenge that will never dissipate until justice has been done..!! (Not my wish but this is the way the cookie crumbles)
Most Indian and world today blame Britain for colonization but instead they should blame thier kings who instead of fighting brits, made treaties where they were made millions in pension for stepping aside and letting Britain rule
You say this, but ultimately reckonings from the past are not implemented purely emotionally, we know that from history. A Multitude of Cultures have done heinous things, but there future generations have not been made accountable. I've seen videos in China from many different cities on topics such as "is there a country you hate.", Or which country… and the Chinese, never mention UK even once, from any generation.They occasionally mention "Japan", amongst the older and new generation due to not recognising Japanese war crimes. Most nationstates elites are ultimately only interested in what happens to their own profits, and we've seen this throughout history.They care as little about their own people as they do about other countries people.Patriotism, is purely a ploy to invigorate the masses, if they need to act at any point, just a technique essentially. The Chinese elites will focus on what makes them money 1st and then the general economy 2nd, because they are dependent on their economy for generating their wealth.
@@marshalLannes1769 that's just putting the blame on the colonized, when it's not the case. Regardless of what was the internal situation in India, the British had nothing to do in China roleplaying as drug cartels
So this is what the Chinese were talking about "Century of Humiliation". They have learnt the lesson and are now ready to take back their pride. Good for them.
Around 6:00 about when the British attempted to negotiate under white flag but were fired upon, I wonder if that could have been a cultural misunderstanding. I don't know much about Chinese culture, but I know that the color white is mostly associated with death throughout Asia, and they might not have known (at least one or more of the people in charge at that place and at that time didn't, for whatever reason) that they were coming in under a flag of diplomacy and negotiation. If anyone knows more about this I'd love to hear it! Also thanks for a great video!
The practice of raising a white flag as a sign of surrender is recorded in ancient Chinese and Roman history. It is believed to have originated during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD).
Indians don't do any protest, strike or defend their nation just workers even now, except Maratha Empire could have defended British in wars unlike chinese who had Mongol Empire which has defended the British and creators now with global trade
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China, Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation. I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
Well, yeah. Tiktok is more or less poisonous, and the owner is making tons of money from it. Now Chinese company can't make decent technical product，Only garbage and Copycat products.
I would like a documentary on how the Chinese reduced opium addiction afterwards, with the current fentanyl, the world could be better from THAT history lesson.
so you tell, me that Qing China could have survived into our time, if the emperor allowed the British and other Europeans to trade and exchange goods without using silver? Like it was the main reason for them to wage war against Chinese?
No, the main thing is that the Qing Dynasty is still in an agricultural society, and for Europe that has completed industrialization, the Qing Dynasty is very weak, and still occupies such a large territory. When a child has hundreds of millions of wealth, then the child is guilty
@@Marc-. Of course compared to our peak we're no where as powerful right now. But if we are ever forced to mobilised besides the US very few nation's could take us on.
The People's Republic of China was established in 1949 as the New China, while China before 1949 was an old China .Different dynasties have different 国号, but it can all be called China. The words we use, our traditional culture, are all inherited from our ancestors, otherwise would the people of New China appear out of thin air? In Chinese, 中国（China） means a country located in the center, and this name has a long history.
@@XXXTENTAClON227 lmao do you love British or something? The same people that took your ancestor as slaves, damn still trying to please your masa how about you actually break out the bondage?
What other topics would you like to see about East Asia?
China's pyramids
Why china never really industrialized during its imperial period would be a good watch
The Satsuma rebelion of Japan in 1877, or perhaps details of the sengoku period
First a conflict (like in this Gem video here), then a special episode about weaponry, strategy, and tactics in that conflict. That would be beyond great.
About East Asia? Yes. Or from any other region.
North Korea,good friend!!!🏋️♂️
Colonisation, Genocide, Humiliation is one thing, forcing a country's population to get drugged and addicted is next level.
Who forced them
@@WissHH- Joos ✡️
@@WissHH- Satan did it
@@WissHH- brits
@@Prat-zi1ou did Brits forced chinese population to consume opium?
Britain joined the war on drugs on the side of the drugs.
What a stupid comment...
Haha
Maybe the British don't know it's a drug? Or people didn't realize the seriousness of the drug at the time.
@@Mr_lendon0814 People in the past weren't idiots, they knew very well how drugs worked. drug addiction isn't some new modern concept nobody knew about
@@Mr_lendon0814 当时英国法律严禁吸食鸦片😂
The silver coins mentioned around 1:22 were known by the british as pieces of 8 after their native spanish name "Real de a 8" or Spanish dollar, which was the first international currency, being minted since 1497 it was the coin upon which the original United States dollar was based, and it remained legal tender in the USA until the Coinage Act of 1857. Some experts argue that the "$" symbol is a simpified version of the columns and stripe that appear on one side of the Spanish dollar and are present to this day on the Spanish coat of arms, as well as the Spanish flag. The columns represent the pillars of Hercules and the ribbon that goes through them reads "Plus Ultra" latin for beyond, in reference to the existence of landmasses beyond the old world (i.e. The New World, currently known as The Americas). Many other currencies around the world were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-real coins as well, like the chinese yuan, the japanese yen and the variety of pesos throughout Hispanic America.
Yes that is correct viva la madre patria España e hispanoamerica 🇪🇸🇯🇪♥️
150,000 tons of European silver were shipped to China until the end of the 18th century. And imported Ginseng by exchanging silver from Joseon.
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It’s crazy to think a country that wielded this much power is now struggling to elect a prime minister
"...to reject a prime minister."
what do you mean? Who wants to reject the PM and who is holding them back? I mean, how and why the struggle?
British fell off hard
Now Britain is all alone. The sun has finally set on this empire. Now it’s so poor, I’ve heard that there’s hardly any fruits or veggies in their supermarkets...most shelves are empty....
They pulled a Portugal; from all over the world to that lil end of a country off Europa
@@istvansipos9940 I meant “elect” thanks for the correction 🙏😅
The First Opium War, the Second Opium War, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, set Yuanmingyuan on fire, and the Japanese war of aggression against China...... The modern history of China is the history of Chinese people's blood and tears. During our middle school years, studying modern Chinese history was the most painful. China's century of humiliation has deeply engraved the concept of "falling behind means being beaten" in the hearts of every Chinese person. Therefore, the Chinese people strive to catch up, in order to prevent people from being oppressed and bullied by others.
yet it happens again nowdays...the western world its again banning and being unfair...
@@Rowlph8888 Hahaha, I don't know where you are from and why you came to this conclusion. I am Chinese, and the situation you mentioned is completely different from what I saw. The younger generation may be confused, but it is definitely not as common as you said. China has 1.4 billion people and is a very large country. Use your brain to think about it. If it were really like what you said, China would have been in chaos long ago
@@Rowlph8888 The Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchus, but after the Manchus controlled the Central Plains, they declared themselves to be the orthodox faction of China. The Qing government continued to use the traditional Confucian culture of the Han Chinese in terms of writing, administrative management, and culture, which can be said to have completely sinicized the Manchus. The Qing Dynasty also regarded itself as China to the outside world. Chinese culture has always been a culture that embraces all rivers and is inclusive. The ethnic groups around the Han ethnic group have basically been sinicized. You can see that there are 56 ethnic groups in China today, with the Han ethnic group being the main ethnic group, and most of the 55 ethnic minorities have already been sinicized. This is the true charm of Chinese culture, which encompasses everything. Foreigners find it difficult to understand this point, unless they learn Chinese and conduct in-depth research, otherwise it is difficult to understand the spirit of Chinese culture.
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@@hljshwyf 是滴😚
When ppl remembers the history of china vis a vis opium/addictive drugs, they would understand the current chinese government's anti drug stance.
British Empire the biggest drug dealer in human history
但是中国会输掉鸦片战争的根源依然没有改变-闭关锁国
@@farmers740 闭关锁国？你确定？都闭关锁国了，那清朝对西方的贸易顺差是哪里来的？让英国人美国人靠鸦片才把顺差改变，这叫中国锁国？
@@farmers740😂 现在到底是谁在闭关锁国？
@@TLB1450 中国
"If two fishes are fighting together in the stream, an Englishman must be nearby"
-Old Native American proverb
Wow
they use this tactic still today!!
@@Ezekiel903 Its not even 'their tactic' its the oldest one in the book. Humans all do the same tactics and predictable things
@@scarletcrusade77 Roman what do you mean bro
@@Ezekiel903 Everyone uses this tactic. Let other people fight your wars for you. Ukraine is a prime example
The various Sino rebellions of the 1850s-1870s. A series would be a welcome project. Consisting of The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1871), The Nian Rebellion (1853-1868), The Red Turban Rebellion (1854-1856), The Miao Rebellion (1854-1873), The Panthay Rebellion (1855-1873), The Dungan Revolt (1862-1877). All contributed to the fall of the Qing, all are events many westerners are ignorant towards. I believe this would be a worthwhile series due to very few videos being about them. They illustrate the circumstances of why The Qing were so vulnerable and collapsed. Thanks for considering and for asking for the suggestion. Cheers
Considering how many of the comments are “tipping their hats to the Brits”, they mostly feel proud, instead of shamed, about what the west did. They wanna to portray themselves as a constant wining power that collapsed an foreign empire in order to justify their internal need for a sense of western superiority of some sort.
Probably rebellions generated by British Secret Service. They had many operations throughout China.
Because the domination system of the Qing dynasty was ultimately non-Legitimacy against 430 million Han Chinese became forcibly oppressed. They invaded mainland china 400 years ago after opening the gate of Shanhai Pass with collaborating Han traitor(Wu Sangui). Their regional- Eight Banners soldiers(駐防八旗) were stationed in each main cites and watched Chinese behavior. Manchu imperial family members married wealthy Mongols princess who traditionally and has served as religious teachers who Dalai Lama of Tebet. 430 million Han Chinese began to serve barbarian emperors non-related to their culture & history with cut their unique hair forcibly by savage nomads' order(薙髮令) in 1644, and have lost their unique-identity for 290 years under a ruthless-rule.
I think the main cause of decline is the Chinese civil war. Especially the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, which occurred in the most economically developed regions of China, resulted in the death of tens of millions of people. These led to the rapid collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Especially when Japan took advantage of the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty to launch the Sino Japanese War, it completely destroyed the Qing Dynasty in name only.
That is because the West completed the industrial revolution, and China, due to its conservative closed policy, China has been in the era of cold weapons agricultural society, if the Chinese government at that time was a very aggressive government, then the collection of China's huge human and material resources, in terms of weapons far superior achievements far beyond Europe
In many ways China defended itself successfully.
It didn't fall like India.
How? I’m not that familiar with both of their histories.
@@Birthday92sex British conquer entire india.. while brits only conquer hong kong
Thanks to traitor Mirjafar for British invasion & Jaychand for islamic invasion
Unlike China ,India was not a nation at that time , so your arguments are vain. They conquered or bought small provinces, that's how strategically the British conquered the Indian subcontinent with a pinch of divide and conquer strategy.
If only that old India was like today's united as a single nation, no power would have even thought of a glimpse of bad eye towards India.
@mr.curious6872 So there would be no India without Britain. India is completely different from China.
I just started lecturing on colonization this week in my courses. The colonization of China played a huge role in the fall of the dynasty who failed to modernize in the 19th century.
curious, what time period do you start off with? When I taught, I'd bring up the first Han Dynasty and the Trung Sisters of Vietnam
I feel most information of China is base off only base of western view, specifically justifying their “superiority”. Just in case anyone don’t know, the last dynasty of China is an foreigner power that take over China sometime ago….so, it is just exchange one group over another.
@Oggie389 I teach western civilization, so I actually start from Mesopotamia and work my way up. I lecture on the opium war as I get to the colonization period. I actually have all my lectures on my channel you are welcomed to take a look
Qin dinasty brought its own demise.
@@seferino Qings were from North of the Wall, like in Game of Thrones.
Europeans are like the White Walkers, ahahha.
The British and French have never really lost the appetite for destroying countries when they start doing too well from trading
What can be said the same is how China never did either, as to this day they continue to infiltrate western, South East Asian and African nations.
Why, my brother, are they the best people? France, Britain and America helped the good Khomeini against the evil, corrupt king of Iran
They did it to each other for centuries. Now It was the turn for other nations to suffer apparently.
Bs.
@@seferino so Did the other nations. The weak should fear the strong.
The Opium War actually made Korea, Taiwan and Ryukyu vulnerable to Japan because it weakened China. The British Empire did not take this into account and indirectly caused the Pacific War
All of them except Japan had to live under a Chinese empire long before this so an advanced strong and extremely ambitious China like it once was is not exactly something they would want. We can throw in Vietnam Thailand Java Malaysia practically everything in Asia in the West. China love to bully everybody in Asia back in its heyday. Now they want to cry that for 100 years people were able to bully them.
Mmm I’m not so sure that was the catalyst
They were going ahead with the ww regardless of this
@@buzby303 It did. It gave the Japanese courage that if they have weapons like the Europeans they can beat China too. That's why they modernize their army.
@@nsebast It's not so obvious here but I think what truly changed and motivated the Japanese was their victory against the Russians. They truly thought they were hot stuff because honestly, they would've lost that war if not for the growing unrest back home.
Taiwan and Ryukyu are the same place, and Ryukyu was the name of Taiwan thousands of years ago
It's famous in China as a common saying " To be lagging behind is to be punished '' , the westerners really taught us that lesson for all these years since 1840.
Queen Victoria, the greatest drug dealer.
Save the Queen and the King Charles III now.
British 💋s to you.
BRITISH always rules the 🌎.
Yes. Very rich and very british.
Envy kills.
That's right: the British kings and queens have been the bosses of the piratic British narco-monarchy since ever. Today they are still in business, laundering the dirty money of drug dealers, dictators, murderers and criminals in the dozens of tax havens that they have scattered around the globe, from Gibraltar to the Cayman Islands. British pirates never change: willing to ruin anyone for their own benefit.
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 no, drug dealers kill.
Even Qing as a feudal state understood the danger of drugs, meanwhile America seems ignore it
Ignore it? They basically fund the Mexican cartels with guns and 💰
Qing was not a feudal state, they didn't have lords or kings ruling over different provices, that stopped when the first emperor wiped out the feudul system
Those American politicians prefer profit through legalisation. Truly traitors of a once great nation.
What? Have you not heard of "the war on drugs"? It's been going on for over 40 years.
America is falling apart while China is pushing ahead. America is consumed by drugs, pleasure, and degeneracy. The funny part is that America has no clue why it's falling apart. They can't put the pieces together. It's ironic that China had this happen to them before. They learned from it, and used the same tactic on the West.
I am truly amazed by the british empire considering their size and population they ruled the almost all of indian subcontinent and defeat china in 2 war that is really incredible
They proved decisively that a pre-industrial military is no match for a modern, industrial military, no matter how large and rich and powerful the former is.
You’re saying that like china was some great military power
@@Chadius_Thundercock premodern china was arguably the most advanced civilization prior to the great divergence in europe.
@@edwardmauer7442 what does that have to do with the massive outdated and corrupt qing dynasty?
@@Chadius_Thundercock china was always a strong country I am from turkey we left our homelands thousand year ago mainly because of them they have a huge population size and resources they were basicly the strongest country on the world for thousands years.
In British museum, they are still showing the tons of treasures that Brits robbed from China
Its funny how china is « Sad » that the treaties were unequal. Bitch you lost the war, its too late for an equal treaty. Should have been less idiot about it
London Museum? Which one? 😂😂😂
Good.
@@kordellswoffer1520Disgusting
@@edwardtandy9613
I think that he meant "The British Museum" in London.
You know that very well what he meant.
It shows you British are still with a defeatist mentality. Your status of country & culture is nothing more or less nowadays, ome down in the world😂
Great video! Thank you for doing a recap in the last fourth of the video or so, it really helped glue it all together. Great teaching, thank you, subscribed!
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
The **Opium Wars** (1839-42, 1856-60) were conflicts between China and Britain, primarily over trade imbalances and the illegal opium trade. A key geographic aspect was the map of China's **coastal regions**, especially ports like **Guangzhou** and later **Hong Kong**, which became focal points of British interest. The Treaty of Nanking (1842) forced China to cede **Hong Kong Island** to Britain and open five treaty ports for trade, reshaping the political geography of East Asia.
Khosut Khanate? The Dzungars was annexed by Qing like 100 years before the Opium war.
Sure is wild that an empire literally went to war to force the selling of narcotics to an entire civilization.
Really makes me wonder just why exactly are the Cartels in America are able to operate with such impunity.
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Really 😂? Are you that naive? Your government basically funds the cartels
the US funds them.
@@Jack-he8jv israel funds them* never forget the 5 israeli spies caught celebrating on 9/11
Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China,
Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation.
I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
洋人不知道它们欠了咱们多少血债，世界已经变了，愚蠢和傲慢只会让他们重走清朝的路
为中华崛起而读书
可惜有共产党，不可能的
As an European-Portuguese-born citizen of Earth, I suport Love only. Borders are man-made invisible barriers. And barriers are not a part of Love. United we stand, for an United Earth ❤️🙏☀️
Ridiculous assumptions.I'm Western and I'm ashamed of this and I hope the entire human race will improve in the future.But when we have comments like yours here seeking petty revenge oon generations of people that have nothing to do with this, taking offence for previous generation when you didn't have 2 suffer anything that they suffered, I don't have any hope for the human species.
The vast majority of Western Europeans are ashamed of this kind of activity, how could you not be when you see the results of addiction and the misery of death.But the Chinese here, don't seem to see how the Chinese government themselves were quite happy for trade to begin and continue, until the value of trade turned in the Brits favour, then they cut the trading relationship off entirely, showing not only that they didn't give a crap about the Chinese people in the 1st place, but that they cared even less about the Chinese people, when not taking any responsibility for their part in the Chinese People's misery in the 1st place, but also doing a stupid manoeuvre in a trading relationship with the country with 10 times the technological capability in everything, including warfare.
Ultimately, the Chinese government has responsibility for the welfare of the Chinese people, the Brits and the French do not.In cutting off trading relationship in the way they did, it was obvious there would be repercussions, and there would be today, from every nation in such a position.The Chinese government, new repercussions would be exercised on the Chinese people and not themselves or their friends, who are protected in high places
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if China looks back upon these wars as a black stain on their history. Nice video.
this war started the Century of Humiliation for China, that is what they are taught..
It is not the war they have a problem with, but the unfair trade treaties and occupation of lands that they feel caused the humiliation.
They view their shipping of fentanyl over our borders as revenge for this conflict.
I'm sure they do, as should the Brits.
The Chinese called it the Century of Humiliation
@@chengchin5073---See what I mean a black stain. And the title seems to fit.
Asia has interesting history!
不是有趣，而是屈辱
19:49 weird age. Brits sell opium in Asia, and 1 Brit wants to stop it, not becuause it hurts and ruins his fellow Homo Sapiens, but because he fears Middle-Eastern magic.
well, maybe he was indeed a humanist and cared for all the victims of the opium trade. In this case, only his rhetoric is weird
Culture changes alot in 170 years
"my fellow Homo Sapiens" a very new and very western perspective it is not strange that people didn't hold such modern views two hundred years ago
@@vulkanofnocturne you missed my point.
suffering was real, humans were real, empathy was real. magic was not real. Even back then. That's what makes it weird. For me.
@@istvansipos9940 empathy is conditional
Back then foreignness represented a potential threat/competitor
This is why I find the idea that Britain knew the harsh reality behind Opium laughable 😐😐 people thought addictions were just laziness , they weren’t sympathetic to the same extent now
As a Brit I feel amused and even proud of the crazy antics we got up to in those days. We really bullied our way around the world for ages, sometimes above board, sometimes more sneakily and sometimes with a bit of gun-boat diplomacy 🙂 I love 19th Century British history with all its ups and downs. This was really interesting, well researched and presented. Will subscribe.
This was so useful and informative, thank you! Disgusting how much of these wars boils down to the British/Allied Powers throwing tantrums about perfectly reasonable rules and requests, they honestly read like snotty little four-year-olds.
Ah yes, a country acting in its own interest militarily has never happened before the British or after.
Iraq should just have respected the rules set and agreed upon internationally, rather than just invading Kuwait.....
@@rocketmonty9916well they wouldn't have gotten slapped around had they done that...
6 months late, really the wars were because the first "stock market crash" happened, or at least something very similar in effect, western powers where terrified and so they began trying to make colonies profitable, which failed but resulted in a surplus of opium, so they came to the conclusion that if they basically had a country that had to listen to their demands that they didn't have to put any money into besides a beginning investment in an idea of forced trade that was basically just a massive profit. It was highly effective and treated the stock market crashed effects, the demands of the qing empire was reasonable but the allies who were all suffering from the crash basically wanted any excuse to fuck over china for the silver they invested. Still a dick move
@@rocketmonty9916 No other country, apart from the USA has as much given so many lectures to the rest of the world while being so eager to so ruthlessly violate their own stated principles.
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Im discovering this channel. Absolutely amazing.. You have plenty of videos of questions I actually wondered myself for years. Thanks!
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Likewise.
Very enjoyable. Thank you.
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Having been the first country to industrialise, Britain had a technological advantage over the rest of the world. The more the rest of the world industrialised as well, the harder it became for Britain to retain its role of global hegemon. Britain has yet to come to grips with its much reduced importance, and with the blunder its political leaders have created since the dissolution of the empire.
It's got more to do with the mismanagement of relations with the growing nation of Germany in the lead up to the world wars, then the effect of those wars, than others catching up industrially. By the start of World War I USA was already producing more industrial output than Britain, but Britain was always going to be able to stay far ahead in money gained from trade, military power and because USA was heavily in debt to them. Independent studies show that it's likely that without the 2 world wars, Britain would still be militarily the most powerful country in the world, right now, but not by much and the USA would have been gradually making inroads over the century and the ascendance of the USA would eventually be inevitable. In our timeline, the US benefited from Staying out of the wars and being the only country that was actually growing stronger economically, whilst everyone else was dramatically getting weaker. Before the First World War United States was massively indebted to the Brits, for borrowing in order to develop its economy througghout the previous century. The wars massively Swapped the imbalance in the opposite direction.
*Added to this was the US having the safety and time to develop the atomic bomb, which then became a massive threat and a deterrent, so the takeover was immediate.
*The British Empire had tied up most trade routes in Britain's favour and gave Britain' Strategic advantage all over the globe in terms of reconnaissance, storing of military gear and presence in tactically beneficial areas, if attacked. These facets lways dramatically improve their circumstances compared to any nation, even with a vastly more numerous army or navy, which the US was obviously going to develop over the course of the mos20th century, if the world wars did not happen and the changes in our timeline didn't happen
That’s not true actually Britain maintains a major edge in technology over basically everyone and in economics. Even during the early 20th century Britain was economically and politically more important the literally everyone. Even today that still remains.
@@kordellswoffer1520 You wish 😂😂😂
@@ender8759 I wish for nothing I only state what is true.
@@kordellswoffer1520 Does Britain dare to go to war with China now? China can easily wipe Britain off the face of the earth, but the British empire is the first in the universe, and the British universe is the first.
Great presentation!
Beautiful work.
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
@@vapaus831 I think this is the wrong comment
And now Britain, France, China, Russia and the US are sitting at the pernanent security council. Must be fun times
The winners of WW2. These countries hold way exaggerated power at the UN. The veto power shouldn't exist.
Thank you from Vietnam ❤
Stop worshiping Buddha, they are evil Scythian Aryans
It's crazy to think that Britain back then can pull off "Special Military Operation" better than present day Russia.
And it was on the other side of the world rather than sharing a land border lol
China didn't have two whole continents + australia sending weapons, money and Intel to them
Kinda hard when the target have prepared for 8 years & backed by Amerimutt
British Empire the biggest drug dealer in human history
19:36 love his British impression 😂
What was the problem to fight back when the country wanted her citizen free from drug? Just because the Brittan wanted to conquer another country to satisfy her greed.
It's more complicated than that.
@@Grenadier311 tell me your sophisticated thought, please.
Watch the video ?
@@Grenadier311What about Nazis is that also complicated? Or is that Evil?
@@Grenadier311 Not really. It really sums up to this.
Trade is just an excuse, and the main purpose of the West is to colonize China like India. However, unfortunately, China is a unified big country, and the West does not think it can eat this meat. There are many intentionally beautifying Western languages in the video, which are not explained in a fair position. It may also be due to the author's limited understanding of this history and insufficient understanding of what the West has done in China
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Hmmm Oooh lord🤦♂️!…
Any story about about Western nations invading Asia, Africa, America, Middle East, Pacific, etc… always excruciating…
Afterwards, they’d send Priests into that territory to continue spread their evil spirits…
Western civilization acting like world police officers but they’re the robbers, thieves, criminals, etc…
The west could have fully colonized china like India if they wanted to. What excatly would have stopped them?
US and Russia was not "Neutral". They took land too and gave themselves extra rights. Basically gave their own laws before Chinese laws. Europeans above Chinese under their laws etc...
In ancient india many soliders take opium or similar things before battle.
@@finaLee69 you can say that.
@@finaLee69 indian kingdoms were to busy in fighting
@@finaLee69 india wasn’t a whole country for most of its time
@@finaLee69 190 yrs exact..and India fell because of internal conflict
@@finaLee69 mughal did not colonize India. They were one of rulers of India sub continent.
Colonization is European concept. Rest of world really never used .
Was qing china weak at this era? Looks odd that two european powers were able to deal this ammount of damage even though they were powerful, China was playing at home. Any insights would be helpful, thanks!
China was weak due to technological and tactical capabilities of the british. It was largely agrarian in nature.
Yea they were backwards.
Europe had technological supremacy and China closed themselves off to foreign ideas. They had the attitude "we have everything we need, we don't need your barbarian ideas and products, China is the best and everyone else should kowtow to our emperor" (see: "Emperor Qian Long's Letter to King George III, 1793"). Not so different to where the new emperor is taking them today, really. (for the opposite: see the Meiji restoration of Japan)
by this time, the technological gap and the gap in military doctrine was HUGE. Just compare the ships on both sides. That's the best, most spectecular way to see this. China was many many decades (I say more than a century) behind the West. Plus, the West were colonial powers with a lot of combat experience on every level of their military forces.
@@Ghost-vi8qm now it’s the opposite 😂
When you try to quit drugs and your drug dealer executes your family to force you take more.
Read more, best wishes 🙏
@@DaveSCameron Read what?
@@DaveSCameron drug dealers gang also shot police you called to stop him.
@@ianian9078 Thats kettle calling pot black.
@@ianian9078 That China dared not to buy stuff from Britain?
The British Empire was once the most powerful drug cartel in human history.
I see why the chinese will never allow anyone to dominate them ever again
Manchu-European War
Tungusic vs Germanic 👁️👄👁️
@@papazataklaattiranimam Or Tungustic vs Slavic (Russian) or Latin (French).
Please don't mix up all the Europeans with the Brits. We are completely different.
@@rodheqThe 2nd Qing War involved Britain and France. The boxer rebellion involved a bunch of European countries. The only difference between the British and other Western Europeans is that the other Europeans were worse in their actions and less powerful
Thanks
The use of opium in China at the time has variously been estimated at 0.01%, to 5% and even 10% of the population. Interstingly, this compares with the use of illicit drugs in the US, which stood at 13 % of the overall population in 2019, and at around 60% of ages between 17 and 40.
Their getting their own back
USA did it to themselves. China dont sell them any drugs. Mexican cartels buy the base chemicals from China and made fentanyl and sell it to USA. These base chemicals can be used for a lot of legit use.
One time usage and addiction are entirely different. Marijuana and opium are very different in addicting power. Now if you take cocain/heroin (or worse) statistics, I really doubt it rises to these levels in the US.
I would love to see a breakdown of involvement of American interests like Russell & Company in the Opium wars.
The Chinese have never forgiven England !
Yes they have or they wound t have asked for help in WW2 do open your eyes, and it’s Britain not just England 🤡
So why was the UK able to defeat a foe with greater numbers, especially in the 1st Opium War?
1. The UK had a very well trained and professional military,the Chinese were mostly peasant conscripts who primarily fought against bandits.
2. The UK was better equipped,while China was the birthplace of gun powder, most Chinese soldiers at that point were equipped with either spears or bows and the ones who had guns had old matchlock muskets.
To put it bluntly:
The Chinese brought knives to a gun fight.
3. The UK also had better equipped ships as their ships were both steam powered and iron clad,in the war's 1st big naval action,the Royal Navy managed to destroy an opposing island's defenses in just 9 minutes.
4. You have the arrogance of the Chinese who thought all foreigners were barbarians destined to live under Chinese rule.
By the way,it was also how the Japanese were able to defeat the Russians in the 1904/1905 Russo-Japanese War,see even though the Russians had an edge in numbers,the Japanese were better trained and equipped
The rulers of China during that time weren't Chinese. They were the Manchu's. Qing Dynasty is China under the Manchurian's rule.
Taking 22 battle ships and 2K solders to "escort" the envoys, only fool would believe this nonsense 13:50
The way I always heard it, China was in a seriously bad place long before European powers arrived on their shores to make things worse. Had the British, French or anyone else turned up even a century earlier, the fight would have had a very different outcome 🤔
Britain and France were still both global powers a century earlier with advanced training and weaponry, the war may have been more bloodier but the outcome would've been the same. The Europeans have a short history compared to Asia but it became very proficient at war because they waged *LOTS* of it and developed a taste for it.
@@lionelhutz5137 unlikely, while the brits army could punch above its weight a hundred times or more, china has a thousand times more men, in particular the cavalry which are still dangerous to musket men in large formations.
brits can win against 30k army with 2k men, but what about 10 waves of 30k armies?
exhausting them to death is a viable option, cutting supply lines and hundreds other tactics could be employed with an actual functioning government.
@@lionelhutz5137 Mid 1700 would be the early Qianlong era. That was when Qing Dynasty China was arguably at it's peak so the chances of it beating the contemporary Britain or France in a land war was quite high. A naval war would have been another story.
China is an agrarian society, and China's economy is circulating internally and does not have contact with the outside world. Since the arrival of the aggressors, China has experienced nearly 100 years of war, plundered its wealth, lost a large area of territory, and plummeted by one-third of its population
@@lionelhutz5137 😂实际上100年前中国和欧洲人是接触过的，明代中国击败荷兰人，把他们从台湾岛赶走了。
Can u do the history of Cambodia pleaee
The Opium Wars were a pivotal part of 19th-century war history, marking a clash between China and Britain over trade disputes and sovereignty, ultimately leading to the Treaty of Nanking and significant shifts in global power dynamics.
Qing dynasty comprised of today's mainland china, taiwan, south korea, north korea, republic of mongolia, and part of eastern russia.
yes
Before "The War on Drugs" there was "The War for Drugs."
@@Rowlph8888 Opium is a horrible destructive drug that ruins people
Last year a former Putin adviser threatens nuclear strikes on UK, and I couldn't agree with him more.
俄罗斯和英国对轰，英国肯定灭国，太小了😅
@@leelee-om9rc The Opium wars is Ancient history, the British public has no responsibility for this. The Chinese authorities were equally culpable in agreeing to the trade in the 1st place. Funny how the Chinese don't take any responsibility for this, then why should the Brits take responsibility for a 200 year old government, that was railroaded by a small group elite, galvanised by the psychopathic Palmerston, and this was soon curtailed once Gladstone became Prime Minister repeal started happening
*The Chinese are more concerned and upseabout the Japanese denial of war crimes, than this much older episode in history
Say goodbye to your country then you clown, you do know Britain has nukes also?
I love China so much man, I hope you guys stay strong for all years to come
When you realized British lords are drug lords 🤨
Love from Pakistan
❤ from Mars. The planet Mars.
Bruh China looked huge back then
Can't imagine what their gonna look like in the next couple decades
Probably the same!! When communism falls it will go back to tribalism
China has no interests in expanding best case scenario for Chinese nationalists is Russia collapsing and China annexing Siberia
British: knock,knock. Lets trade.
China: OK
British: You dominate the trade and we are losing silvers, that's not OK, so I am gonna sell you drugs/opium
China: No.
British: OK and I will beat u (In the name of free trade😅)
After 1720 CE , Mughal Empire over. From 1720 CE to 1803 CE Maratha was dominant power in whole India.
Britain: "Pimpin' ain't easy."
This video is so timely when the US is considering to ban the "addictive" "tiktok".
Is tiktok more dangerous than opium? I doubt your intelligence.
more videos on the expansion of the mongol empire, and the japanese civil war
As the west did with opium, so the Chinese do now with TikTok :) the best thing is they don't need to manufacture content in India, the "influencers" do it for free.
Lol if this were some grand conspiracy theory, you’d better shut it before more ridiculous shit pop out. As far as I can see, the bullshits on TikTok and the regular okay stuff, literally are just the generic reflection of its users and the internet as a whole. You are just pretending weird shits doesn’t exist until TikTok while there plenty stuffs on Twitter FB or Instagram that never suited your view of the world all along.
Tik Tok literally recommend u content that creates social conflict and discord to create divisions in the population and weak the democratic states.
Sort’ve justified, even if it is the society i’m in that is being affected now….
@@eggnugget575 how is It justified? Learn something about chinese history and how they treated/treat the other nations. How u justify what they are doing to the uygurs?
Such childish attitude and naivety... I wonder if u got the same attitude in life with personal relationshipS
@@WissHH- as do all the other social media. TikTok does absolutely nothing that the other social media don't do. Americans focus on TikTok because you can't stand that a chinese company is doing better than american tech companies at their own game. And that's because you have some profoundly racist views, even though you can't admit it to yourself. Like most westerners, you think the Chinese to be intellectually inferior despite the fact they fill your universities with bright students. So a chinese tech company is not allowed to beat the Americans.
Make videos about Vietnam, please ❤
no, u
Thanks for Your map because the region next to Qing usually shown by Qing property, but in reality it was not till a certain time. It is just how they want to show like Iran version of Central Asian history while some crucial details were incorrect, because the Central Asian historians are not active. That is way better to learn from several resources like Prussian, British, French..... of course depends on the region. If the British colonized the place it's better to read the Prussian(German) version, colonized place or the French versions depends. As I am saying and compare to come to real version of it comparatively. It is way that I do.
Man the times done change lol.
Sino-Tungusic vs Franco-Germanic 👀
Now I understand why China doesn't trust West, especially UK and US.
China back then was a racist backwards nation!
Now China is controlled by a German Jew ideology
@@19ate4 racism was necessary part of a civilization in 19th century.
@@НиколайРоманов-л6ю You are not of the same race, why do you fight each other?
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب who exactly? Who do you mean?
I'm a Chinese and we really don't trust the West. In particular, the British put the treasures looted from us on display in museums and not returning them to us, which motivates us to work hard to make progress
Who's Samuel Taneously?
This kind of deep is a dark part of the English speaking world. For a handful of gold we have been left with a legacy that will never wash away, and an ugly sustaining guilt forever. But the worst part of it is that the English speaking world has brought upon itself the revenge that will never dissipate until justice has been done..!!
(Not my wish but this is the way the cookie crumbles)
Most Indian and world today blame Britain for colonization but instead they should blame thier kings who instead of fighting brits, made treaties where they were made millions in pension for stepping aside and letting Britain rule
Britain's current strength is too weak! China can kill Britain with money!
You say this, but ultimately reckonings from the past are not implemented purely emotionally, we know that from history. A Multitude of Cultures have done heinous things, but there future generations have not been made accountable. I've seen videos in China from many different cities on topics such as "is there a country you hate.", Or which country… and the Chinese, never mention UK even once, from any generation.They occasionally mention "Japan", amongst the older and new generation due to not recognising Japanese war crimes.
Most nationstates elites are ultimately only interested in what happens to their own profits, and we've seen this throughout history.They care as little about their own people as they do about other countries people.Patriotism, is purely a ploy to invigorate the masses, if they need to act at any point, just a technique essentially.
The Chinese elites will focus on what makes them money 1st and then the general economy 2nd, because they are dependent on their economy for generating their wealth.
@@marshalLannes1769 that's just putting the blame on the colonized, when it's not the case. Regardless of what was the internal situation in India, the British had nothing to do in China roleplaying as drug cartels
So this is what the Chinese were talking about "Century of Humiliation". They have learnt the lesson and are now ready to take back their pride. Good for them.
This resonates with me pretty well as I know someone who died of heroin overdose.
Around 6:00 about when the British attempted to negotiate under white flag but were fired upon, I wonder if that could have been a cultural misunderstanding. I don't know much about Chinese culture, but I know that the color white is mostly associated with death throughout Asia, and they might not have known (at least one or more of the people in charge at that place and at that time didn't, for whatever reason) that they were coming in under a flag of diplomacy and negotiation.
If anyone knows more about this I'd love to hear it! Also thanks for a great video!
The practice of raising a white flag as a sign of surrender is recorded in ancient Chinese and Roman history. It is believed to have originated during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD).
So when British try to talk about human rights with Chinese, just think about the what they done to Chinese. shame on them
Think about what the Chinese do to the Chinese.
Indians don't do any protest, strike or defend their nation just workers even now, except Maratha Empire could have defended British in wars unlike chinese who had Mongol Empire which has defended the British and creators now with global trade
I hope relations between our two countries improve in the future. I see no reason why politics should define us 🇬🇧🇨🇳
Can we join Britain's drug trade?
No, the Chinese communist government is a tyrant and should be punished for their crimes.
It won’t, China believe they are above international law
I think a good way to start would be the British start giving back all those items they took and are now proudly exhibiting them in museums.
@@chengchin5073 It's a museum, they're there for educational purposes
G7，It's not like history repeating itself
Maaan, I wanna smoke some opium now !!!
You better have some silver in exchange.
@@saldownik Euros are good for it in south of Spain 😁
Sinaloa et al. got nothing on the "Honorable" East India Company...
有幸能看到这里评论的同胞们，了解一下英国人的真实嘴脸。
强弩之末，冢中枯骨罢了，伦敦都快没白人了，他们崩塌不了几天了。
Yeah that's why we dealt with them uyghurs and the Tibetans.
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China,
Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation.
I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
英国佬总爱狡辩，为什么他们不会把鸦片战争当成一件荣誉的事情宣传呢，其实他们自己也知道自己不光彩
Is this a reupload
Drug pushers. Might makes right.
Now china does the same to the West with tik tok😂
Well, yeah. Tiktok is more or less poisonous, and the owner is making tons of money from it. Now Chinese company can't make decent technical product，Only garbage and Copycat products.
Yeah, Another Hollywood Psy Op mouthpiece who encouraged internalized racism & emasculation of AZN which happens to be owned by Chinese. seems legit 😂
I would like a documentary on how the Chinese reduced opium addiction afterwards, with the current fentanyl, the world could be better from THAT history lesson.
2025: how did the Fentanyl wars actually start?
😂❤
The fentanyl epidemic is all due to the US government itself. So civil war please.
Interesting
Ahh, the British Empire . . . the original Pyke Syndicate. ROFLMAO
Guess we know why China is so assertive now and the British so afraid.
The original drug cartel
the big
so you tell, me that Qing China could have survived into our time, if the emperor allowed the British and other Europeans to trade and exchange goods without using silver? Like it was the main reason for them to wage war against Chinese?
No, the main thing is that the Qing Dynasty is still in an agricultural society, and for Europe that has completed industrialization, the Qing Dynasty is very weak, and still occupies such a large territory. When a child has hundreds of millions of wealth, then the child is guilty
Man Brits used to be strong
Big Business We still are, its just that we don't need to build a strong military like in the past since we have a very close alliance with The Us.
@@lawbringer9857 that’s pure copium
@@Marc-. Of course compared to our peak we're no where as powerful right now. But if we are ever forced to mobilised besides the US very few nation's could take us on.
@@lawbringer9857 British became powerful only because of resources from Indian subcontinent including men and industry.
@@lawbringer9857 apple a single us company is richer than most countries too
The blood money
CHINA (PRC )since 1949. before that it call Central Empires since Chin(Qin) 210BC-----------------Qing Dynasty.
The People's Republic of China was established in 1949 as the New China, while China before 1949 was an old China .Different dynasties have different 国号, but it can all be called China. The words we use, our traditional culture, are all inherited from our ancestors, otherwise would the people of New China appear out of thin air? In Chinese, 中国（China） means a country located in the center, and this name has a long history.
The unequal treaties signed between the Qing Dynasty and the West also referred to oneself as 中国（China）
It makes me ashamed to be British. Our behavior was disgraceful.
How do you feel ashamed about an imperial empire fighting an imperial empire? Do you just love China immensely or something?
@@XXXTENTAClON227 I think you can feel ashamed by attrocities comitted by an empire without loving empire the it was comitted against.
@@Izrek But there was no atrocity unless you’re just anti war in general. They didn’t butcher civilians erroneously
@@XXXTENTAClON227 lmao do you love British or something? The same people that took your ancestor as slaves, damn still trying to please your masa how about you actually break out the bondage?
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Arent you Anti-war in general?
every great empire is brought low by hubris