The Arrow Incident: How One Small Ship Started a Four-Year War
On October 8, 1856, Chinese officials boarded a British-registered ship in Canton — the spark that ignited the Second Opium War.
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The Day China Paid for Rebellion
On September 7, 1901, China signed the Boxer Protocol, accepting a crushing indemnity and foreign troops on its soil after the Boxer Rebellion.
The Treaty Signed on a Warship's Deck
On August 29, 1842, Britain and China signed the Treaty of Nanking aboard HMS Cornwallis, ending the First Opium War — and handing Hong Kong to Britain for the next 155 years.