Emperor of China Declares War on Drugs
- An article by Paul Chrastina.
- http://www.oldnewspublishing.com/opium.htm

The Treaty of Nanking
- Peace Treaty between the Queen of Great Britain and the Emperor of China.
- http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob24.html

The Opium War
- Links and discussion forum on both the war and a 1997 movie based upon it, DigitalChina/Harvard project.
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ChinaDragon/opiumwar.html

Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria
- Full text written by Commissioner Lin Zexu in the lead up to the war.
- http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ChinaDragon/lin_xexu.html

The First Opium War
- Article by Maria Christensen.
- http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/oriental_history/19388

Emergence Of Modern China
- The increase contact with western powers led to war and enforced change.
- http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/modern.html

Ch'ing China - The Opium Wars
- Also called the Anglo-Chinese War, the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered.
- http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/OPIUM.HTM