dec 29, 1859 - End of the Second Opium War
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Aftermath: Showed the Qing governments inability to adapt to the new era. Many Chinese maintained the belief that China was superior to other nations, which to many others was clearly not true. This lead to a series of public uprisings that demanded change.
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