This episode will let you know about the infamous Opium Wars. Between1839 and 1842, British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers. Their subsequent victory in the conflict opened up the lucrative Chinese trade to British merchants.
To know more, listen to this episode now!
Links to literature:
1. Andrew Moody, “Lessons of the Opium War,” China Daily, February 24, 2012,
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-02/24/content_14681839.htm.
2. Peter Perdue, “The First Opium War: The Anglo-Chinese War of 1839-1842,”
3. MIT Visualizing Cultures, p. 29, https://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/opium_wars_01/ow1_essay01.html.
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