Question

How did the Treaty of Nanjing affect the growing power of China?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Treaty of Nanjing was signed on August 29, 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China.

Explanation:

For the first time, China would be forced to give control of portions of its land to a foreign power and leave its citizens subject to foreign rule. After the signing of the treaty, the British occupied Hong Kong for the next 155 years until handing control over to China on June 1, 1997.

At the start of the Opium Wars China was not the most economically powerful country due to the opium trade run by the British. The weight of the payments to the British under Condition Two of the Treaty of Nanjing drastically drained the Chinese Treasury and left Dynasty financially unstable.

Answer 2

Treaty of Nanjing, (August 29, 1842) treaty that ended the first Opium War, the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers. China paid the British an indemnity, ceded the territory of Hong Kong, and agreed to establish a “fair and reasonable” tariff.