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=== Treaty of Nanking ===
{{Main|Treaty of Nanking}}

On 14 August a Chinese delegation led by the Manchu high court official [[Keying (official)|Keying]] and Llipu departed Nanking for the British fleet. Negotiations lasted for several weeks as the British delegation insisted the treaty be accepted by the Daoguang Emperor. The court advised the emperor to accept the treaty, and on 21 August the Daoguang Emperor authorised his diplomats to sign the peace treaty with the British.<ref>[http://www.tqxz.com/lssj_readme.asp?id=177 Treaty Chinese humiliating first – the signing of the "Nanjing Treaty"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424122428/http://www.tqxz.com/lssj_readme.asp?id=177 |date=24 April 2008 }}. Chinese history theyatic networks. [2008-08-31]. Chinese source, used for dates only.</ref><ref>"Opium War" Volume 5. Shanghai People's Publishing House. 2000: 305 pages.</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2021}} The First Opium war officially ended on 29 August 1842 with the signing of the [[Treaty of Nanking]].<ref name="Greenwood">Greenwood ch.4</ref>{{page needed|date=September 2021}} The document was signed by officials of the British and Qing empires aboard {{HMS|Cornwallis|1813|6}}.<ref name="Hbs-2017">{{Cite web |title=After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors |url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/heard/treaty-ports-compradors.html |access-date=26 May 2017 |website=www.library.hbs.edu}}</ref>
[[File:The Signing of the Treaty of Nanking.jpg|thumb|700px|center|{{center|Oil painting depicting the signing of the Treaty of Nanking.}}]]