Dongmin Hu
Department of History, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
*Corresponding author: Dongmin Hu
Abstract
In the second half of the 19th century, with the increasing sales of opium, the anti-opium voice in the UK became increasingly stronger. The increase in opium poppy in China led to a decline in the income of opium in the UK. As a result, the British government began to compromise with public opinion. At the same time, Western powers opened the door to China with guns, breaking China's tributary trade system for thousands of years. In 1895, the Sino-Japanese War broke out and the late Qing government began to falter. At the same time, the late Qing government faced the predicament of internal affairs and diplomacy and launched an anti-opium campaign. For the complex domestic and international background, Britain and Chinese government reach an international agreement to protect the government’s authority. From the historical view, the 1907 agreement plays a key role in Sino-Britain’s opium trade. It shows the turning point of Sino-Britain opium policy and commencement of international opium control system.
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How to cite this paper
Opium and the Beginnings of International Drug Control in the Early Twentieth Century
How to cite this paper: Dongmin Hu. (2023) Opium and the Beginnings of International Drug Control in the Early Twentieth Century. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(6), 1161-1165.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.022