Comments by "Elizabeth Loveland" (@Shineon83) on "First Opium War Explained (Great Britain v China)" video.

  1. I had a Chinese history instructor at university….He told us that, “The dirty, little secret today’s Chinese would never admit to : China already had a significant opium addiction problem PRIOR to the British trading in it”….. He explained, “It WAS ‘cause & effect’ — The British finally landed on Opium as their premier choice of trade AFTER recognizing how many Chinese used it—and thus, how lucrative it could be….”
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