After Marco Polo traveled to China in the early 1200's the Chinese called westerners "hairy, white barbarians". Portuguese "barbarians" then named what is now Taiwan Formosa in the 1590's. In 1644 the Manchu people invaded China and established the Qing dynasty. They were the last dynasty. In 1793 King George III of Britain send lord Macartney to negotiate a more open trading system with China. In 1796 there was a rebellion because of political dishonesty. It lasted until 1804. CiXi started to rule in 1839 because of the death of Hsien Fong. In that same year the Qing government made laws against opium trade which happened to be a profitable product for British merchants. Chinese authorities in Canton destroyed billions of dollar
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