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The document summarizes the Opium Wars between China and European powers in the mid-19th century. It discusses how: 1) Britain traded opium from India to China to balance its trade deficit, leading China to fight two wars to stop the opium trade. 2) China lost both the First Opium War (1839-1842) against Britain and the Second Opium War (1856-1860) against Britain and France. 3) China was humiliated by these defeats and forced to open ports to foreign trade and grant privileges to foreigners on Chinese
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