中国禁烟抗英斗争与美国的对华政策

The U.S.A Policy Towards China during the Period of the Chinese Ban on Opium-smoking and the Opium Trade and the Chinese Anti-British Struggle.

在对华鸦片贸易问题上 ,美、英两国政策不同 ,性质有别 ,后果有异。在中国的禁烟抗英斗争中 ,美国政府举措较明智 ,广州美商较协调 ,《澳门月报》编辑较友好。这赢得了清政府的肯定和中国人民的友好感情。 184 4年美国政府从《望厦条约》中获得种种特殊权益 ,但来华的大多数美国人并非侵略者 ,中美两国人民间的和谐关系得到了维护。广东人民将斗争矛头直指英国侵略者 ,英国侵略者感到十分孤立。

In opium trade with China,the U.S and U.K carried out different policies, which led to different results. In the Chinese struggle of anti-British and the ban on opium-smoking and the opium trade, the government of the United States made a comparatively advisable move. The American merchants in Guangzhou were comparatively harmonious, editors of《Macao Monthly》were comparatively friendly. All these won the consent of the Qing goverment and a good impression on the Chinese people. In 1844,the American government gained a lot of special rights and interests from《Wang Sha Treaty》,but most of the Americans in China were not aggressors, and the harmonious relationship between the people of the two countries was safeguarded. The people of Guandong province directed the spearhead at the British agressors, who found themselves in a insolated position.