For centuries China was an isolated state and granted Europeans access to only one port. Great Britain had decided to change the balance of powers and enter the Chinese market. As a result, Opium Wars demonstrated how weak the imperial rule was and ended with Europeans’ victory. Watch the video to find out how exactly it went.

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