China: Politics, History and Economy

Donatella Strangio

Chapter Chapter 2 in Italy-China Trade Relations, 2020, pp 9-17 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The nineteenth century was a period of increasing heteronomy. The Chinese dynasty, overwhelmed by economic difficulties and consequent uprisings, as well as by the fragmentation of powers, determined by the extension of the empire, which had caused, since about 1820, a serious deficit in the trade balance, mainly due to the opium trade. The Opium War was triggered by England’sEngland need to safeguard the balance of triangular trade between LondonLondon , CantonCanton and India. The British troops found the Manchu governmentManchu government completely unprepared and above all incapable of accurately assessing the political situation and the extent of the economic relations established by foreign trade in GuandongGuandong and GuangxiGuangxi . In this chapter, through the analysis of the literature, we will try to understand how all these events and others have influenced the Chinese economy, politics and society in order to understand, in the continuation of this work, the influence and role of the Italy.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39084-6_2

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