1. What system of trade was created after the Opium War?
2. What reforms did China use to try to catch up with the West in the late 19th century? Why did they fail?
The World that Trade Created, pp. 12-14, 84-6, 99-105
1. What were traditional Chinese attitudes toward trade?
2. How were British and American opium sales to China related to tea consumption in Britain and America?