An Analysis of the Definition of Opium Wars in Western Encyclopedia

Abstract

Opium Wars were one of the most influential events in the history of China’s interchange with the West. The existing definitions of Opium Wars are still made in the frame-of-reference characterized by European-centered discourse and molded in their discursive consistency. An analysis of these phenomena indicates that the beneath the superficial cultural diversity and equality, imperial thinking still works on the latent stereotyping of the Orient.