Opium Wars
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The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Opium War | 20 |
| Opium Wars canonical | 15 |
| First Opium War | 2 |
| Anglo-Chinese conflicts of the 19th century | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Opium Wars Context triple: [Age of Imperialism, hasPart, Opium Wars]
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First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
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B.
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a 1904–1905 conflict between the Russian Empire and Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea, notable as the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.
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C.
Philippine–American War
The Philippine–American War was an armed conflict from 1899 to 1902 in which the United States fought Filipino revolutionaries seeking independence, marking a key episode in American imperial expansion in Asia.
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D.
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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E.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Opium Wars Target entity description: The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.
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A.
First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
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B.
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a 1904–1905 conflict between the Russian Empire and Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea, notable as the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.
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C.
Philippine–American War
The Philippine–American War was an armed conflict from 1899 to 1902 in which the United States fought Filipino revolutionaries seeking independence, marking a key episode in American imperial expansion in Asia.
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D.
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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E.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (85)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qing dynasty official
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ military conflict ⓘ political event ⓘ unequal treaty ⓘ unequal treaty ⓘ unequal treaty ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
France
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Qing dynasty ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
Opium Wars
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
First Opium War
Opium Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Opium War
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| describedBySource |
Hansard
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surface form:
British parliamentary debates
Qing dynasty memorials ⓘ modern historical scholarship ⓘ |
| endTime |
1842
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1860 ⓘ 1860 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
British opium trade in China
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Chinese efforts to suppress opium ⓘ Qing dynasty restrictions on foreign trade ⓘ trade imbalance between Britain and China ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
beginning of the so-called Century of Humiliation
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cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain ⓘ cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain ⓘ contribution to the Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ expansion of Christian missionary activity in China ⓘ extraterritorial rights for foreigners in China ⓘ growth of foreign concessions in Chinese cities ⓘ increase of Western influence in East Asia ⓘ integration of China into global trade networks ⓘ legalization of opium import into China ⓘ opening of five treaty ports ⓘ opening of treaty ports in China ⓘ rise of Chinese anti-foreign sentiment ⓘ unequal treaties imposed on China ⓘ weakening of Qing dynasty sovereignty ⓘ |
| hasParticipant | Lin Zexu ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Charles Elliot
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Daoguang Emperor ⓘ Lin Zexu ⓘ Qianlong Emperor ⓘ Xianfeng Emperor ⓘ |
| location |
China
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China ⓘ Humen ⓘ Pearl River Delta ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
South China Sea ⓘ Yangtze River ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mainSubject | opium ⓘ |
| otherBelligerent |
France
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Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| partOf |
Western imperialism in Asia
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history of the Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| pointInTime |
1839
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1842 ⓘ 1858 ⓘ 1860 ⓘ |
| result |
Convention of Peking
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Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ |
| significantEvent | destruction of opium at Humen ⓘ |
| significantTreaty |
Convention of Peking
ⓘ
Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ Treaty of the Bogue ⓘ |
| startTime |
1839
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1839 ⓘ 1856 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
colonialism
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free trade ⓘ gunboat diplomacy ⓘ international law ⓘ opium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Opium Wars Description of subject: The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.
Referenced by (38)
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