The Treaty of Nanjing

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The Treaty of Nanjing gave Great Britain privileged legal and trading rights in China, including the right to establish consulates and extraterritoriality, which allowed British subjects in China to be subject to British law instead of Chinese law. It did not show the military weakness of the British army, as the treaty was the result of a successful British military campaign. The opium trade was not ended by the treaty, but rather continued until the Second Opium War in the 1850s. While the treaty did break the Chinese monopoly on trade, it did not end all trade restrictions and was not the only factor in the decline of China's economy.