{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China Podcast","slug":"the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899","podcast_index_feed_id":6581899,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud%3Ausers%3A67951944/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchina","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000199309984-eeqmbi-original.jpg","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":357,"summary":"An audio journey through the 5000 year history of…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:19.795905+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899"},"episode":{"title":"#322 - Opium War 7: The Throat of the Empire","slug":"322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire","published_at":"2026-03-19T05:33:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899","url":"https://soundcloud.com/the-history-of-china/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2286514883-the-history-of-china-322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of.mp3","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.","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":2729,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-podcast-6581899/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-podcast-6581899/322-opium-war-7-the-throat-of-the-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}