The Opium War exposed the fact that the Qing land forces, the Bannermen, were, like the janissaries of the Ottoman Empire,
a. overpowering.
b. well trained but poorly led.
c. obsolete.
d. able to use martial arts to defeat the British navy.
e. traitors.
ANSWER:
c
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