Eating undercooked or raw poultry or red meat increases your risk for becoming infected with salmonella. Symptoms include abdominal cramps, fever and diarrhea and begin within 12 to 72 hours of consuming contaminated food.
Opium War. a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
The first Opium War. 1  The Opium Wars arose from Chinaâs attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820.