THE FIRST OPIUM WAR EXPLAINED - ANGLO CHINESE WAR DOCUMENTARY

As a thousand year old civilisation, once the most powerful nation on earth, clashed with a recently industrialised western power over issues regarding trade and opium, the world set its eyes on China. Global geopolitics would irreversably shift as the British Empire and the Qing dynasty entered the First Opium War. Discover the course of the war as Lin Zexu and Charles Elliot serve their nations, launching a devastating conflict.

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= MUSIC =
Peace for Generations - Europa Universalis 4
Forest Shade - Europa Universalis 4
Elizabeth War Theme - Civilization V
Wu Zetian Peace Theme - Civlization V
Wu Zetian War Theme - Civlization V
The Fleet's Last Stand - Empire Total War
Lost in the Forest
Cock of the North - 92nd Highland Regiment
Empire Theme - Empire Total War
Elizabeth Peace Theme - Civilization V

= VIDEO CREDITS =
The Opium War (1997)

= MAIN SOURCES =
China Trade and Empire (2006), Le Pichon, Alain
Online Collection National Army Museum, London
Chinese account of the Opium war (1888), Parker, Edward, Harper
Modern Chinese Warfare (2001), Elleman, Bruce A
Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843 (1844), Bernard & Hall

= TAGS =
first opium war documentary
first opium war explained
anglo chinese war documentary
lin zexu
charles elliot
treaty of nanking
canton system
convention of chuenpi

Introduction: (0:00)
Prelude: (0:44)
War (1st part): (08:19)
Intermission: (13:30)
War (2nd part): (15:16)
War (3rdpart): (24:58)
Aftermath: (33:58)

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