the ruling chinese jean dynasty tried to resist and to stop the illegal trade, which provoked the wrath of the london business community. in 1840 without a declaration of war, the english fleet began to seize and plunder chinese coastal forts. the poorly armed and poorly trained chinese army was unable to provide adequate resistance. the jing empire was forced to hand hong kong over to england and open its boards for trading the lethal goods. in 1856, france and the united states joined in the robbery of china. the anglo french troops defeated the chinese occupied beijing, and committed an unprecedented robbery. destroyed and blundered the wealth of the un mean you and palace. the defeat of the jing dynasty in the jew opium wars led to the transformation of the celestial empire into a semi colony of european states and started its age of humiliation. and the sale of opium took on colossal proportions and led to the horrible death of millions of ordinary chinese. ah, yeah, hol