Society & Culture
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.
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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.