Why was the Treaty of Tianjin considered humiliating for the Chinese?
A. It allowed Japan to take over Korea.
B. It made the Chinese opium trade legal.
C. It closed all Chinese ports to foreign trade.
D. It gave the British the Liaodong Peninsula in 1875.
E. It deprived the Russians of any control in northern China.
Answer: B
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