The Opium War was a display of how the greed of one country can destroy the very lives of millions of people in another country. Britain would be categorized as the greedy nation and China the victim. Even though Britain was the main aggressor in this war, there were also other nations involved in the degrading of China’s culture, they were France, Russia, and even America. All of these countries took advantage of the …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…technology and experience in wars than China, which is the reason China had lost so much dignity in this war which was fueled by the greed of Britain and every other country that participated in the opium trade. Bibliographies 1. Chesneaux, Jean. China from the Opium Wars to the 1911 Revolution. Pantheon Books. New York. 1976, pgs 3-64. 2. Encarta ‘95. “Opium Wars”. Microsoft. Seattle, 1995. 3. Williams, S. Wells. A History of China. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York. 1897, pgs. 162-287.