On The Front Of The Opium War "business Owes To" Pay

The hong merchants debts which were exsiting before the Opium War was an outcome which the hong merchants and the foreign merchants created in intercourse of Chinese-west trade. (1)This outcome very was concerned by government as soon as it was created, the obvious evidences were: The government made use of special authority to positively interfere the liquidation of the hong merchants debts, although this interfering supported the nationally financial reputation on the certain degree, the result which it caused regarded damaging the benefits of hong merchants as the cost, the western merchants who thought in all their energy to loot profits in China won the most benefits.this text is divided into four parts: The first part, according to the showing result of Chinese-west trade prosperity and development, synopticly described the reason that the hong merchants debts appeared, and the trend of gradual extension , development. The second part , from the angle of trustworthiness, self-respect, maintaining nationally political rule, synopticly analyzed the Ch ing government s perception to the hong merchants debts. The third part, Discussing the liquidation of the hong merchants" debts which was interfered by the government. According to the actually liquidating eolutionrthe liquidation in individual hong merchants scope, the liquidation of guaranteeing merchants group, the liquidation which was replaced by government. Analyzed each process, laid emphasis in discussing the evolution of liquidating main bodies, the source of liquidating funds, the specificly liquidating way, and the factors which the government depended on when it decided to select a certain liquidating scope. The fourth part, Mainly analyzed the influence on the Chinese-west traders (Chinese traders mainly is the hong merchants in the text)which was caused by the interfered government for liquidating the hong merchants debts.Innovations in this thesis:this thesis for the first time,makes a systematic arrangement of the liquidating contents of the hong merchants" debts, specifically analyzes the change of liquidating main bodies, the source of liquidating funds, the evolution of liquidating way;For the first time, according to the change of the liquidating main bodies,makes a thorough investigation and study of the relations which exist between the liquidation of the hong merchants"debts and government.