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That episode in history is well documented, everybody knows it, both Chinese and Westeners. The lesson from that War? DO NOT isolate yourself from the world and get left behind.
Britain was able to defeat China (or rather, the Qing military) because they were technically superior and the Qing army was backward and outdated. Opium sparked the clash of cultures and the Brit (and some other) opium traders brought in cheap opium grown in their plantations from India (Patna and Benares). Prior to this, opium was already fashionable among the rich Chinese, when the traders brought them in, it became affordable to every Ah Seng, Ah Meng and Ah Heng. China was too vast for the invading armies to conquer all and so only consolidated their activities to the populated cities, much of the rest of China remained untouched. China learned an expensive and painful lesson from that and has struggled very hard to be out front again, which they are gaining ground. The world has changed a lot since then and things have gotten better (much better) especially after WW2. It's time to move on.
Cheers!
thats the lesson u pick up from it?do not isolate urself?not the ang mohs are asswipes and deserves to be bombed and ISISed to hell?
what if u found a tribe of aboriginals in a unexplored part of the australian outback?are u going to charge in and wipe them out,or a bunch of native monkey wildlife living in the depths of congo?are u going to capture them all and send them off to zoos?destroy everything in mother nature?