The Yellow Riding Jacket

This saga of the Lindleys, father and son, revolves around
events that lead to the opening of China during the
nineteenth century.
The Chinese destroy British opium cargo, causing British
invasion and annexation of Hong Kong. Lindley takes
a Chinese wife, who bears him a son, Gus. Gus is
educated in England, but his father dies. To rejoin his
mother, Gus joins the Anglo-French campaign that
vandalizes the summer palace. Gus switches sides
to help a Chinese Christian insurgency against the
Tartar emperor.