5 links
Ch'ing China - The Opium Wars
su.edu
Also called the Anglo-Chinese War, the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered.
Emergence Of Modern China
-chaos.umd.edu
The increase contact with western powers led to war and enforced change.
Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria
cyber.law.harvard.edu
Full text written by Commissioner Lin Zexu in the lead up to the war.
The Opium War
cyber.law.harvard.edu
Links and discussion forum on both the war and a 1997 movie based upon it, DigitalChina/Harvard project.
The Opium War and the Opening of China
historyliterature.homestead.com
Extended essay on the effects of the war on the opening of China, on social, economical, political, and intellectual levels.