In China, food shortages, corruption in government, and high rates of opium addiction led to

Food shortages, government corruption, and widespread opium addiction contributed to unrest in China in the mid-1800s. That unrest helped fuel the Taiping Rebellion, a large uprising against the Qing government. The Opium Wars were conflicts between China and foreign powers, while the Boxer Rebellion happened later.

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