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EP 48: Opium and Colonialism

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The Chinese Opium Trade Is Getting Worse in China

The emperor sees addiction happening in China and he's like we got to stop this is getting too much it's not. The British essentially start lobbying for the British government to go to war to officially open up more Chinese board center re-institute the opium trade among other things. "We just lost this huge source of revenue and we need to kind of get it back" - Commissioner Lin.

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