sentences:  Relations between Qing China and France deteriorated in the European rush for markets and as European opinion of China deteriorated, the once admired empire would become the subject of unequal treaties and colonisation.In 1844, China and France concluded its first modern treaty, the Treaty of Whampoa, which demanded for France the same privileges extended to Britain.In 1860, the Summer Palace was ransacked by Anglo-French units and many precious objects found their way into French museums following this looting.