鸦片战争前夕英方对华“沉默政策”析

On the British“Reticent Policy”towards China on the Eve of the Opium War

本文对鸦片战争前夕英国在华商务监督一度施行过的“沉默政策”进行了探讨，介绍了这一政策的基本内容，着重分析了这一政策的成因，并对这一政策因当时广州口岸英国“自由商人”

Abstract This article inquires into the“reticent policy”on the part of the British superintendent of trade on the eve of the Opium War,introduces the content of the policy,and analyzes with emphasis the cause of the policy,explains the situation in which the policy was terminated due to the objection of the British“free merchants”at the Guangzhou port.