Qing (manchu) Dynasty

1644-1795

The Reign of kangxi and Qialong

• Manchu's embraced chinese cultural tradition
• the court became a patron of the arts
• economic stability
• political stability

The Opium wars

Treaty of Nanjing

• required china to pay $21 million
• allow extraterritoriality
• give up hong kong to the british

2nd Opium war

• chinese thought opium was getting smuggled in
• britain and france launched the war
• they captured many ports
• china lost more land