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

虽然鸦片战争已经结束，太平天国仍在造成混乱。

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

英国想当然地认为对阿富汗征服已经结束，因撤走了军队大部分，以准备对国发起酝酿已久鸦片战争。

You may know the story of what happened next, the Opium Wars.

你可能知道接下来发生故事，那就是鸦片战争。

The effects of the Opium Wars on China were far-reaching.

鸦片战争对国影响是深远。

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

1860 年，第二次鸦片战争（1856 年至 1860 年）以英法军队洗劫北京圆园而告终。

Then you had the opium wars.

然后就是鸦片战争。

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

首先是国在鸦片战争，后西方国家迫使国给予欧洲人特殊贸易特权。

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

鸦片战争是 19 世纪国大陆为争夺利润丰厚毒品贸易而发生一系列冲突。

The Opium Wars, however, were not just about opium and silver, but about power and the race to rule the world.

然而，鸦片战争不仅仅关乎鸦片和白银，还关乎权力和统治世界竞赛。

By the outbreak of the second Opium War, shipments of opium to China had reached a staggering seventy thousand chests per year.

到第二次鸦片战争爆发时，每年运往国鸦片已达到惊人七万箱。

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.

当时强加给国条约是如具有羞辱性，以至于第二次鸦片战争结束相比之下看起来就像纯粹法西斯。

France joined Britain in this second Opium War, also known as the Arrow War, and two years later, a new Unequal Treaty was signed.

法国与英国一起参加了第二次鸦片战争，也被称为箭战争，两年后，签署了一项新不平等条约。

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.

鸦片战争、太平天国起义，以及后来 1900 年义和团运动，不断提醒人们注意政府腐和国在抵御外国入侵和操纵方面弱点。

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.

仅仅是美国蒸汽动力军舰威胁就足以说服幕府签署一些屈辱贸易条约，这些条约与国在鸦片战争失后签署条约没有什么不同。

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， 国仍将与技术领先英国人作斗争，后者决心保护其殖民利益。最终，鸦片战争打开了这个曾经不可触及国家， 从而巩固了欧洲在亚洲霸权。

I do appreciate the reference to colonization and the use of opium because that's what we saw in the opium wars with England and basically everybody else, but especially the Chinese, especially, you know, parts of Asia.

我确实很欣赏提到殖民和使用鸦片参考，因为在鸦片战争，我们看到了英国和其他国家，尤其是国以及亚洲部分地区所经历情况。

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.

要了解有关鸦片战争更多信息，请查看我们书《鸦片战争：第一次和第二次鸦片战争及其对英国和国历史影响迷人指南》。