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讲授中国近代史时,总有细心的学生问:中英《南京条约》中规定“中国赔款2100万银元”,而后来中外条约中规定的中国赔款都是“若干两白银”。计算的名称和单位为何发生变化?原来,这和中国在第一次鸦片战争前后的对外贸易的不同状态有着密切关系。鸦片战争之前,在中外(主要是中英
When teaching modern Chinese history, there are always careful students who asked: “China’s ”Nanjing Treaty“ stipulates that ”China will indemnify 21 million silver dollars“, and later the Chinese compensations prescribed in the Chinese and foreign treaties are ”some two silver." Why did the name and unit of calculation change? This turned out to be closely related to China’s foreign trade before and after the first Opium War. Before the Opium War, in China and abroad (mainly Chinese and English