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The impact of this 19th century conflict can still be felt in Chinese politics and soceity today.  Here s What You Need to Remember: The Opium Wars made it clear China had fallen gravely behind the West   not just militarily, but economically and politically. Every Chinese government since   even the ill-fated Qing Dynasty, which began the “Self-Strengthening Movement” after the Second Opium War   has made modernization an explicit goal, citing the need to catch up with the West. In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug trafficking racket and confiscated its dope.

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