Question

write about the franco chines war in 200 words

Answer 1

The Franco-Chinese War lasted from September 1881 to June 1885. Its underlying cause was the French desire for control of the Red River, linking Hanoi to the resource-wealthy Yunnan province in China.

Although the 1874 Treaty of Saigon opened the river to navigation, harassment by the Black Flag bandit group in the early 1880s impeded French traders. Consequently, the French government dispatched a small expeditionary force to clear the Red River valley from the Black Flags. The Qing court viewed a European army in Tonkin as a threat to its security and began to prepare for war.


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