Question

In the period following the Opium wars China suffered:
Select one:
a. Natural disasters such as earthquakes that devastated the land.
b. Civil wars such as the Taiping Rebellion that led to millions of deaths.
c. Humiliating defeats to the Japanese and Koreans.
d. A decisive loss to the British that resulted in China falling under British influence.

Answer 1

D. The British defeated many of China's forces but failed 3 times to capture the harbor of Keelung. The Chinese then signed the Treaty of Nanking, allowing the British to use their ports.

Answer 2

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