十三行贸易体制与鸦片战争的关系

The Relationship between the Qing Government's Hong Trading System and the Opium War

广州十三行经清政府特许负责与外国通商并处理相关外交事宜。以英国为首的西方列强认为,十三行贸易体制是自由贸易的枷锁,他们多次试图施压清政府改变这种体制,均未达目的。后来,他们通过向中国输入鸦片获取暴利来解决贸易入超问题。清政府不得不严禁鸦片输入,英帝国主义便发动了肮脏的鸦片战争。

The Thirteen Hongs in Guangzhou were authorized by the Qing government to deal with foreign trade and handle related diplomatic affairs.But the British-led Western countries maintained that the system of Thirteen Hongs in Guangzhou was the shackles that restricted free-trade.Their various attempts to press the Qing government to change the system failed.Later,they exported highly lucrative opium to China to solve their trade deficit.The Qing government was forced to prohibit opium movement and the imperialist Britain started the dirty Opium War.