... money for every year. So in order to change this situation, British demanded China to open more trade port to do the trade. And also cancelled the Gonghong policy, let the British merchant do the free trade in China. But to China, traditionally China did not look trade as important. Because Chinese thought that they use agricultural to build the country. also Chinese thought that to trade with foreigners are the policy of favour to the foreigners. It was a gift, so the foreigners could demand any more to China. So China refused all the demand about British. Sin order to open China's market and make the British merchant could do the free trade in China, the only way to solve was use war to force China to open her market. Some people argued that the First-Anglo Chinese War was a Opium War. It was because Lin-Zixyu flow all the Opium. The British ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now