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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-10 - Publisher: Abrams
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Language: en
Pages: 592
Pages: 592
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: Vintage
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Language: en
Pages: 439
Pages: 439
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-09 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to ad
Language: en
Pages: 458
Pages: 458
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: MacMillan Hardback Omes
"'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly... Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole is u
Language: en
Pages: 513
Pages: 513
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-29 - Publisher: Fonthill Media
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progress