Episode 8 - Henry Pottinger and the End of the Opium War

In this episode, Henry Pottinger takes over as British Superintendent of Trade. The British retake Zhoushan Island, which had been abandoned by Charles Elliott and advances up the Yangtze River. Negotiations conclude the Opium War with the Treaty of Nanjing. It is now remembered as the first unequal treaty and the beginning of a century of humiliations for China.Image: Kongma, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.