second opium war

  1. Britain sacks Beijing in Second Opium War

    Initially the Qing Dynasty only accepted silver in trade. To bypass this the British East India Company smuggled Opium into China. In 1839 China burned the company's Opium store house. The Company retailed with the world' first Iron steam-warship Nemesis. It captured Nanjing in 1842 and...
  2. Otaku Von Bismarck

    WI: Qing-Russia war in 1858

    Back in 1858 the Qings were fighting Hong's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom since 1850 and also where on the course of losing the Second Opium War, Seeing this context Russia threatened to invade if the Qings were not to cede the northern half of Outer Manchuria. Qing China agreed and ceded the...

  3. EIC conquers Qing during Taiping rebellion

    What if EIC used destabilization of china during Taiping rebellion to conquer it in the same way they conquered India

  4. European chinise dynasty ?

    I just watching a YouTube video about the mandate of of heaven saying that in the second opium war when the Europeans took beijing some of the population consider this as a sing that the current dynasty had lost the mandate of heaven . Not only that but the occupation to some proved the...

  5. Effect of butterflied Crimean War on Second Opium War timing and Taiping Revolt

    Premise: OTL, Dissatisfaction with their gains in the post first Opium War Treaty of Nanking did not result in Britain finding a casus belli (October 1856) until the Crimean war was concluded (February 1856). By then: a. The French had aided the Qing to retake Shanghai from the Triads...
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