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EP 48: Opium and Colonialism

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Is There a Pressure to Grow Opium in China?

The market is in Calcutta because the British control it, right? So they get thousands of Bengali farmers to switch from whatever they were growing before to growing opium. And then they can auction that off in Calcutte and then pay pay. The British are like willing to exchange it for tea. But there isn't a great pressure to grow it yet.

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