{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China","slug":"the-history-of-china-487671","podcast_index_feed_id":487671,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/thehistoryofchina","website_url":"http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f38dab30-3eac-11ed-85fa-371e959ff24d/image/443d59892af69c79735f6243d43648fe.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":386,"summary":"A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:23.342658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671"},"episode":{"title":"#322 - Opium War 7: The Throat of the Empire","slug":"322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire","published_at":"2026-03-19T05:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2961637788.mp3?updated=1773899155","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2961637788.mp3?updated=1773899155","summary":"The new envoy from London arrives at Qing's doorstep in August 1842 with a simple mandate: stop allowing Britain to be \"humbugged\" & finish the war Elliot started. What follows is the British Empire at its most efficient & brutal... and a treaty that, somehow, doesn't mention opium once...Time Period Covered:Aug. 1841–Aug. 1842 Major Historical Figures:The Qing Empire:The Daoguang Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Minning) [r. 1820–1850]Yijing, Imperial Commander [1793–1853]Qiying, Imperial Commissioner [1787–1858]Yilibu, Imperial Commissioner [1772–1843]Niu Jian, Governor-General of Liangjiang [1785–1858]Zhang Xi, intermediary [1840s]Yuqian, Zhejiang Imperial Commissioner [1841] The British Empire:Queen Victoria [r. 1837–1901]Sir Henry Pottinger, Plenipotentiary to China [1789–1856]Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of British Land Forces [1779–1869]Admiral Sir William Parker, Commander-in-Chief, East India Station [1781–1866]Captain William Hutcheon \"Nemesis\" Hall, HMS Nemesis [c. 1797–1878]Captain Henry Keppel, HMS Dido [1809–1904]Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff, Prussian missionary & Civil Magistrate of Ningbo [1803–1851] Colonel George Mountain [1789–1863]Harry Smith Parkes, attaché to Pottinger's staff [1828–1885] Major Sources Cited:Fay, Peter Ward. The Opium War, 1840–1842. Wakeman, Frederic Jr. \"The Canton Trade and the Opium War\" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 10.Lovell, Julia. The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China. Platt, Stephen R. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The new envoy from London arrives at Qing's doorstep in August 1842 with a simple mandate: stop allowing Britain to be \"humbugged\" & finish the war Elliot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}