Conflicting viewpoints on opium prohibition: Radical changes to opium policy in the late Qing dynasty |
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Authors: | Zenghe Liu |
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Institution: | (1) Department of History, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China |
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Abstract: | The ban on opium at the end of the Qing dynasty was larger and more influential than ever before. Opinions differed on opium
prohibition between the court and society. The intelligentsia and government believed in a set of policies, while opium farmers
and traders resisted them. Subsequent conflicts became more and more intense, especially when opium farmers began protesting
the ban on planting opium. The reactions of officials and commoners towards this backlash against the opium ban were very
complex. The rehabilitation plans and measures following the backlash proved ineffective, leaving a confused situation out
of control.
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Translated from Wen-shi-zhe (Journal of Literature, History & Philosophy), 2004:2 |
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Keywords: | Opium ban Late Qing dynasty opium farmers/traders backlash from the opium ban |
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