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Documents - Pre-1949 China
Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking), 1842
December 28, 1842
This treaty was agreed to in Nanjing after the Opium War between Britain and China. It's usually considered the first of the unequal treaties foreign powers imposed on China.
Muscolino, The Ecology of War in China - Henan Province, the Yellow River and Beyond, 1938-1950, 2014
Micah Muscolino's book was reviewed by Sravani Biswas and published on the History of War discussion list. It is reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
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January 4, 2024
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