1. Global Results of the Opium War
The Opium War, and the opium trade proper between China and Great Britain lead to the development of sinophobic ideals surrounding the Chinese. ... The bill imposed a fine of "$50 or six months imprisonment on any Chinaman not a previous resident who attempts to enter British Columbia.... I would argue that if the Chinese immigrants were exactly how the Canadians portrayed them to be: drug peddlers, pimps, and prostitutes, it was because they were a victim of the negative stigma imposed on them in the years following the Opium War. In other words, because of the stigma surrounding the Chi...
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