 Nhau dzakaitika dzakaratidza kuti simba reumambo hweQing rokurwiswa nehurumende yeumambo hwokuMadokero muzana remakore rechi19 rakabva zvikurukuru pakushaya simba kwezvikepe zvayo; mazana emakore okuzviparadzanisa kwakarongwa kwaireva kuti mauto eQing ezvikepe zvegungwa akanga asina simba rakaenzana neezvimwe zvikepe zvomuEurope. Mukupesana, vaQing vakawana kumwe kubudirira mune zvechiuto vachirwa nevanhu vokumadokero vairwa panyika. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Edward L. Dreyer akati, Kunyadziswa kweChina muzana ramakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe kwakanga kwakabatana zvikuru nokushaya simba kwayo uye kukundikana kwayo mugungwa. Pakutanga kweHondo yeOpium, China yakanga isina mauto ehondo akabatanidzwa uye yakanga isina pfungwa yokuti yakanga isina kudzivirirwa sei kuti irwiswe ichibva mugungwa; mauto eBritain aifamba nechikepe uye aifamba nomugungwa kwose kwaaida kuenda... Muhondo yeArrow 1856-60, maChinese akanga asina nzira yokudzivisa kufamba kweAnglo-French kwe1860 kubva pakufamba nechikepe kupinda muGulf of Zhili uye kusvika pedyo sezvinobvira kuBeijing. Zvichakadaro, mauto matsva kana asiri chaiwo emazuva ano echiChinese akadzvinyirira kumukira kwepakati pezana ramakore, akafurira Russia kuti igadzirise zvine rugare miganhu yaipokana muCentral Asia, uye akakunda mauto eFrance panyika muHondo yeChina neFrance 1884-85. Asi kukundwa kwezvikepe zvacho, uye kutyisidzira kwazvakaita kufamba nengarava dzaienda kuTaiwan, zvakamanikidza China kuita rugare nemashoko asina kunaka. 