
EP 48: Opium and Colonialism
Brown History Podcast
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How Is the Boxer Rebellion Related to the Opium Wars?
The boxer rebellion is again like yeah beginning of the 20th century it's around 1899 1895 1901. It's essentially one of the largest popular uprisings against the Chinese state. European powers all sort of like invade China at this point and then they sign these treaties that are extremely bad for China. The idea that okay this is from a different era you know times were different back then but now we're all modern, he says.
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