Various Western powers dominated China in what later became known as the "century of humiliation", with the British-supported opium trade and later Opium Wars resulting in China being forced into an unprecedented situation of importing more than it exported.
vˈɛɹiəs wˈɛstɚn pˈaʊɚz dˈɑːmᵻnˌeɪɾᵻd tʃˈaɪnə ɪn wʌt lˈeɪɾɚ bɪkˌeɪm nˈoʊn æz ðə "sˈɛntʃɚɹi ʌv hjˌuːmɪlɪˈeɪʃən", wɪððə bɹˈɪɾɪʃsəpˈoːɹɾᵻd ˈoʊpiəm tɹˈeɪd ænd lˈeɪɾɚɹ ˈoʊpiəm wˈɔːɹz ɹɪzˈʌltɪŋ ɪn tʃˈaɪnə bˌiːɪŋ fˈoːɹst ˌɪntʊ ɐn ʌnpɹˈɛsᵻdəntᵻd sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən ʌv ɪmpˈoːɹɾɪŋ mˈoːɹ ðɐn ɪɾ ɛkspˈoːɹɾᵻd.