The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. Two wars took place, both fought essentially over the illegal ...

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1840: Why the 19th-century opium wars between imperial China and Britain are still relevant in modern China By Satarupa Bhattacharjya in Guangzhou ( China Daily ) Updated: 2017-11-11 09:02:52 ...

Others theorise that the war was the result of Britain wishing to defend its national honour after Lin Zexu, the Imperial Commissioner, destroyed 20, 000 chests of British opium. Related Heritage ...

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In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, ...

So, it’s clear that it is supply and not demand that controls opium. Initially, the British had trouble selling even 500 crates of opium to China, but once it caught on, it was like a forest ...