Why did the chinese lose the opium war

chinese troops mutinied
typhoon winds destroyed the chinese naval fleet.
chinese weapons were no match for british gunboats.
chinese troops had been weakened by a disease outbreak.

The term “iron curtain” was based on an actual iron curtain that german theaters used to separate the stage from the audience in case of a fire. who or what did the “iron curtain” of the cold war separate? democratic nations from communist nations the soviet union from its allies the united states from europe europe from asia