Although the Opium Wars were over now, the Taiping was still causing chaos.

虽然战争已经结束，太平天仍造成混乱。

Assuming the conquest was complete, Britain withdrew large portions of the army in preparation for the brewing opium war in China.

英想当然地认为对阿富汗的征服已经结束，因此撤走了军队的大部分，以准备对发起酝酿已久的的战争。

In 1860, the Second Opium War (1856-60) culminated in British and French troops sacking the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in Beijing.

1860 ，第二战争（1856 至 1860 ）以英法军队洗劫北京圆明园而告终。

The opium war of 1839 to 1842 was a major testimony to China's inability to defend itself against outside aggression.

1839至1842的战争是无力抵御外来侵略的重要证明。

First was China's humiliating defeat in the Opium Wars, after which Western nations forced China to give Europeans special trade privileges.

首先是战争惨败，此后西方家迫使给予欧洲人特殊的贸易特权。

The Opium Wars were a series  of conflicts fought over the lucrative drug trade in mainland  China during the 19th century.

战争是 19 世纪大陆为争夺利润丰厚的毒品贸易而发生的一系列冲突。

The treaty then forced on China was so humiliating it made even the ending to the Second Opium War looked like mere fascist play in comparison.

当时强加给的条约是如此具有羞辱性，以至于第二战争的结束相比之下看起来就像纯粹的法西斯。

The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and later, in 1900, the Boxer Rebellion, were constant reminders of government corruption and China's weakness against foreign intrusion and manipulation.

战争、太平天起义，以及后来的 1900 义和团运动，不断提醒人们注意政府腐败和抵御外入侵和操纵方面的弱点。

Just the threat of American steam-powered warships was enough to convince the bakufu to sign some humiliating trade treaties that weren't unlike the ones that China had signed after losing the Opium Wars.

仅仅是美蒸汽动力军舰的威胁就足以说服幕府签署一些屈辱的贸易条约，这些条约与战争失败后签署的条约没有什么不同。

Despite having greater numbers, China would  struggle against the technologically-superior British, who were determined to protect  their colonial interests. Ultimately, the Opium Wars would cement European hegemony  in Asia by opening this once-untouchable nation.

尽管人数更多， 仍将与技术领先的英人作斗争，后者决心保护其殖民利益。最终，战争打开了这个曾经不可触及的家， 从而巩固了欧洲亚洲的霸权。

To learn more about the Opium Wars,   check out our book, The Opium Wars: A Captivating Guide to the  First and Second Opium War and Their Impact on the History  of the United Kingdom and China.

要了解有关战争的更多信息，请查看我们的书《战争：第一和第二战争及其对英和历史的影响的迷人指南》。