The History of China, Volum 2 |
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Pàgina 502
The teaching of this war , the first in which China had engaged with an European
antagonist since the march of the allies to Pekin , was inconclusive . On the one
hand , the Chinese had shown no great military capacity , and their general ...
The teaching of this war , the first in which China had engaged with an European
antagonist since the march of the allies to Pekin , was inconclusive . On the one
hand , the Chinese had shown no great military capacity , and their general ...
Pàgina 508
So great is the quantity of native opium now raised throughout China that ,
despite some inferiority in quality , there is a prospect of Indian opium being
practically driven out of the Chinese market as a practical revenge for the loss
inflicted on ...
So great is the quantity of native opium now raised throughout China that ,
despite some inferiority in quality , there is a prospect of Indian opium being
practically driven out of the Chinese market as a practical revenge for the loss
inflicted on ...
Pàgina 518
This defeat caused such consternation at Seoul that a request was at once sent
to China to send a force to save the capital . There was no reason why China
should not comply with that request , and there were many reasons why she
should .
This defeat caused such consternation at Seoul that a request was at once sent
to China to send a force to save the capital . There was no reason why China
should not comply with that request , and there were many reasons why she
should .
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