Message from @pretextos
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China was divided up back then, lots of different factions
Meanwhile the British dominated the seas
Hmm
Ming
They still cant measure shit
Yep the Ming Dynasy had all the major ports, Furchao Shanghai, Macao up until the Portuguese took it over
Lol
if boobs are round so must the earth
So the british wanted tea
China didnt give tea
British angry
British sell opium
China angry
China ban opium
The British dominated ALL TRADE, not just opium not just tea, they had control of the cotton and spices in the West Indies, the ivory in south Africa, the slaves from West Africa
People still used it
China ad
mad
Opium wars
east india trading company
same british corp that ran slaves
I told you, the Chinese over-produced opium and their soil got bad so they started importing it from Rangoon, Singapore and the Philipines
It was banned
Absolutely correct @!GPT
Opium was banned in china
Eventually it was yes
Before the wars
pirates were also hereos
But you're ignoring centuries of opium trade history prior to that
attacking ships too free enslaved ppl
what a bunch of jerk
When the british started exporting to China it quickly got banned
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they didnt have opium before that
Yes Pirates used to lurk in the south china sea and attempt to raid trade ships packed to the brim with opium bound for Europe and America
Opium has been around for a very very VERY long time
Not in china