The unsuccessful Chinese resistance to international opium…

The unsuccessful Chinese resistance to international opium smugglers—among whom Britain is the most flagrant offender—end with the Treaty of Nanking, signed on August 29, 1842, and the British Supplementary Treaty of the Bogue, signed on October 8, 1843.

The treaties provide for the payment of a large indemnity by China, cession of five ports for British trade and residence, and the right of British citizens to be tried by British courts.

Other Western countries will quickly demand and be given similar privileges.

The war has not legalized the opium trade, but it has halted Chinese efforts to stop it.