The first Opium war was in 1840, between China and the British - TopicsExpress



          

The first Opium war was in 1840, between China and the British because China was getting flooded by illegally imported british opium by East India Company, so this company called in the British military to force the Chinese to allow the import of opium. Before the British arrived in China, they used opium sparingly and only in medicine, the Brits showed up and showed them how to smoke it and that is what started the whole history of chinese opium dens and what not. Very similar to the crack epidemic started by the CIA in the US.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:09:36 +0000

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