ECONOMIC, DUE TO OPIUM WAR.
Explanation:
◇ THERE WAS A GREAT DEMAND OF OPIUM, SILK ETC.., OF CHINA IN THE BRITISH MARKET.
◇ CHINA WANTED TO SUPPRESS THE ILLEGAL OPIUM TRADE THAT HAS ROSE A GENERATION WITH WIDESPREAD ADDICTION AND SOCIAL INSTABILITY.
◇ THIS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SERIOUS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS.
◇ HENCE THE LATER WANTED TO PUT AN END TO ITS TRADE, WHOSE PERCEPTION CLASHES WITH BRITAIN AND LED TO FIRST OPIUM WAR.
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