Is It True That the British Tried to Force the Chinese to Accept Drug Shipments?
Question by rocco: Is it true that the British tried to force the Chinese to accept drug shipments?
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Answer by dadazac
That question has a yes and no answer. What happened was that the British wanted to have control of Opium trade in China as part of there overall plan to influence the Chinese economy. They were not importing drugs into China they just wanted a piece of the action that was already there
Answer by Adventure Scott
I found this on wikipedia:
“This dispute was around the Opium trade which was perceived from two different cultural and economic vantage points — as with any and all global economic conflicts between two parties. The Chinese Emperor had banned opium in China due to its harmful effects on Chinese citizens and its denigratory impact on the Chinese culture; The British Empire, however, saw opium as a profitable good for commercial trade, as its import would help balance the huge trade deficit with China. The Opium Wars and the many treaties signed afterward led in part to the downfall of the Chinese economy, as many countries followed Britain and forced more treaties to increase trade within China.”
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