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The Opium Wars and the Secret Treaty of the Bogue

The Opium Wars and the Secret Treaty of the Bogue

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In 1843, one year after the Treaty of Nanking supposedly ended the First Opium War, the British and Qing negotiators signed a little-known addendum: the Treaty of the Bogue. This episode dives into the backroom diplomacy between Sir Henry Pottinger and the Qing official Qiying, exploring how the supplementary treaty expanded British access to five treaty ports, established extraterritoriality in practice, and set the stage for the second war. We examine why the treaty is often overlooked, what it reveals about Qing negotiation tactics under duress, and how its clauses on trade and travel rights foreshadowed the unequal treaty system that would humiliate China for a century. Featuring the role of the cantonese interpreter Ho A-shih and the controversial 'most-favored-nation' clause that let Britain claim any privilege granted to other powers. #OpiumWars #TreatyOfTheBogue #Qiying #HenryPottinger #Extraterritoriality #MostFavoredNation #QingDynasty #DaoguangEmperor #CantonSystem #TreatyPorts #BritishEmpire #UnequalTreaties #19thCentury #Diplomacy #HoAshi #History #FexingoHistory #EastAsia Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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