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The 30 pages that link to First Opium War, each with the reason it gives.

• Hong KongRelated: Its outcome began British rule over Hong Kong Island.

• GuangdongRelated: The war began amid clashes over trade and opium around Guangdong’s ports.

• Self-Strengthening MovementRelated: Its defeat exposed the military gap that reformers later sought to close.

• Canton SystemRelated: The war forced the Qing government to abandon exclusive trade at Guangzhou.

• GuangzhouRelated: The war ended the Canton System and altered Guangzhou’s foreign trade.

• Treaty portsRelated: Its outcome opened the first treaty ports and imposed the system on Qing China.

• Convention of KanagawaRelated: Its outcome demonstrated the military risks facing East Asian states resisting Western demands.

• Bowring TreatyRelated: Its outcome demonstrated the risks of resisting British demands for trade access.

• British Hong KongRelated: Britain’s victory opened the way to acquiring Hong Kong Island.

• Lin ZexuRelated: Lin’s enforcement campaign helped precipitate the war, though he was dismissed before its end.

• Taiping Heavenly KingdomRelated: Its aftermath intensified foreign pressure and exposed Qing weaknesses before the rebellion.

• William JardineRelated: Jardine advocated stronger British action before the war and benefited from the changes it brought.

• Xianfeng EmperorRelated: Its unequal settlement formed part of the foreign-policy burden inherited by Xianfeng.

• Hong Kong IslandRelated: The war led directly to the cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain.

• James MathesonRelated: The war transformed the treaty-port system and Hong Kong’s commercial prospects after the firm’s founding.

• GulangyuRelated: Its outcome created the treaty-port system that brought foreign influence to nearby Xiamen.

• Xiamen IslandRelated: Its outcome brought Xiamen into the treaty-port system.

• David SassoonRelated: The opium trade that enriched Sassoon’s firm formed part of the conflict’s wider commercial setting.

• Foreign-controlled territories in ChinaRelated: Its outcome opened treaty ports and began the era of expanding foreign privileges in China.

• Henry John TempleRelated: Palmerston directed British policy toward China as foreign secretary, including the decision to wage war.

• HowquaRelated: The war ended the trade order that had sustained Howqua’s influence.