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The Chinese were forced to sign treaties granting the British a lease on the Island of Hong Kong and the right to establish trading posts in a number of cities. Chinese nationalists have continually stressed the supposed unfairness of these treaties ever since, though it can also be argued that they merely represent a true reflection of the power relations between Britain and the West and China at the time. Many countries followed Britain and encouraged China to sign further treaties conceding land and trading rights in return for peace.

 

The Chinese were forced to sign treaties granting the British a lease on the Island of Hong Kong and the right to establish trading posts in a number of cities. Chinese nationalists have continually stressed the supposed unfairness of these treaties ever since, though it can also be argued that they merely represent a true reflection of the power relations between the West and China at the time. Many countries followed Britain's example and forced China to sign further treaties conceding land and trading rights.

President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], who grew up in an extremely wealthy family, had a maternal grandfather (Warren Delano, Jr.) who made a fortune from selling opium to China.<ref>Patrick D. Reagan, Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943, p. 29 (2000) </ref>

President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], who grew up in an extremely wealthy family, had a maternal grandfather (Warren Delano, Jr.) who made a fortune from selling opium to China.<ref>Patrick D. Reagan, Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943, p. 29 (2000) </ref>