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| the difference between how much a country important and how much it exports |
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| situation in which a country imports more than it exports |
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| situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
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| a war that took place in 1839 when China outlawed opium and clashed with British merchants selling it in China; British gunboats easily defeated the Chinese (who lacked the technology) |
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| payment for losses in a war |
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| the right of foreigners to be portected by the laws of their own nation |
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| a massive peasant uprising against corruption in the Qing dynasty; between 1850 abd 1864, 20 to 30 million may have perished |
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| the 1894 war in which Japan took Taiwan |
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| the 1899 United States policy demanding open trade in China |
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| the young emperor who attempted to bring reform to the Qing dynasty |
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| anti-foreign movement in China from 1898-1900 |
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| also knownn as Sun Yat-set; named first president of the new Chinese republic in 1911. |
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