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15世纪末,欧洲人发现了通往东方的航线,一些殖民主义者相继东渡,强占土地,掠夺财富,肆意扩张自己的殖民地,地大物博的中国,成了殖民主义者垂涎三尺的宝地。1793年开始,英国政府先后两次与我国清朝政府谈判,要求建交,开辟通商口岸,租借沿海岛屿,均遭清政府拒绝。以后,英国商人发现向中国销售鸦片可以赚取巨大利润,便不顾中国政府的禁令,大量走私鸦片。为了能在沿海有一个立足之地,英国早就看上了香港。1839年3月,清政府派林则徐前往广东查禁鸦片。英商被迫交出鸦片2万余箱,被林则徐在虎门销烟。这就是我国近代史上的“虎门
At the end of the 15th century, Europeans discovered the route to the east. Some colonialists successively eastward, seized land, plundered their wealth, and arbitrarily expanded their colonies and vast territory of China became salivating land for colonialists. Beginning in 1793, the British government twice negotiated with the Qing government in our country, demanding the establishment of diplomatic relations, opening up trade ports and renting coastal islands, all of which were rejected by the Qing government. Later, when British businessmen found that they could make huge profits by selling opium to China, they smuggled opium a lot in spite of the ban imposed by the Chinese government. In order to have a foothold along the coast, the United Kingdom has long taken a fancy to Hong Kong. In March 1839, the Qing government sent Lin Zexu to Guangdong to ban opium. The British businessman was forced to hand over more than 20,000 boxes of opium and was sold to Humen by Lin Zexu. This is the “Humen” in the modern history of our country