Ch.19 Empires in Collision

In Chapter 19 Empires in Collision Opium wars remained a element of China's patriotic education. Some 170 years after that clash between the Chinese and British Empires , the Opium War retains an emotional resonance for many Chinese. China faced an immense  military and political ambitions of rival European states. In 1850 430 million Chinese equaled no industrial revolution and no agricultural revolution meant the couldn't keep up. In chapter 19, huge peasant population, unemployment, impoverishment, misery, and starvation were high. The state was unable to effectively perform many functions were tax collection, flood control, and social welfare led
To corruption. The crisis within gave rise to bandit gangs which led to peasant rebellion and opposed
To Qing Dynasty led to Taiping uprising.