I have been saying for years that China had some old scores to settle with the West over the Opium Wars that destroyed Chinese lives for profit and nearly destroyed the country. It was the beginning of the end for almost two thousand years of dynastic rule in China. Isolationism and internal corruption brought the mighty Qing Dynasty to its knees due to lack of modernization that could not stand up to the mighty British Military. Payback is a MF. The return of Hong Kong was just the beginning of restitution. The lessons of the past are not lost on the Chinese and they have been methodically and systematically modernizing not only their industry, but their military. All while the collective West basks in the illusion of their hegemony.
The Chinese also have a debt to settle with Japan that is overdue. Don't think for one minute that Japan is not aware of that day of reckoning. IMO, the recent hit on Abe was just a warning shot across the bow for Japan.
The Chinese play the long game and are willing to wait for the right moment. The West's big problem is its hubris in viewing countries like China and Russia as they were in the past. Those countries have moved dramatically forward in terms of their technologies, infrastructure, financial systems, and their militaries. They have been advancing while many within our Western governments have been asleep to those changes and continuing to live in the past. They continue to think places like China and Russia are no match for the West. That has not been the case for decades. That arrogance is going to bite us in the ass and both Russia and China will use our pride against us. For anyone paying close attention to this proxy war in Ukraine, beyond the propaganda, they should recognize that the collective West is being challenged in a way that they have not seen since the second world war. Russia is fighting for its life and China has scores to settle. What are we fighting for? I hate to say it, but it seems like this time, we are on the wrong side of history in this one and we are going to pay bigly when the check comes due.
opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West, while addiction to opium became widespread in China, leading to social and economic problems there.
Background of the opium trade
Opium, a narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), was native to what is now the country of Turkey. It was first introduced to China by Turkish and Arab traders in the late 6th or early 7th century CE. Taken orally to relieve tension and pain, the drug was used in limited quantities until the 17th century. At that point, the practice of smoking tobacco spread from North America to China, and opium smoking soon became popular throughout the country. Opium addiction increased, and opium importations grew rapidly during the first century of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). By 1729 it had become such a problem that the Yongzheng emperor (ruled 1722–35) prohibited the sale and smoking of opium. That failed to hamper the trade, and in 1796 the Jiaqing emperor outlawed opium importation and cultivation. In spite of such decrees, however, the opium trade continued to flourish.
Early in the 18th century the Portuguese found that they could import opium from India and sell it in China at a considerable profit. By 1773 the British had discovered the trade, and that year they became the leading suppliers of the Chinese market. The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly. Other Western countries also joined in the trade, including the United States, which dealt in Turkish as well as Indian opium.
Britain and other European countries undertook the opium trade because of their chronic trade imbalance with China. There was tremendous demand in Europe for Chinese tea, silks, and porcelain pottery, but there was correspondingly little demand in China for Europe’s manufactured goods and other trade items. Consequently, Europeans had to pay for Chinese products with gold or silver. The opium trade, which created a steady demand among Chinese addicts for opium imported by the West, solved this chronic trade imbalance.
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The East India Company did not carry the opium itself. Because of the Chinese ban, the company farmed it out to “country traders”—i.e., private traders who were licensed by the company to take goods from India to China. The country traders sold the opium to smugglers along the Chinese coast. The gold and silver the traders received from those sales were then turned over to the East India Company. In China the company used the gold and silver it received to purchase goods that could be sold profitably in England.
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The amount of opium imported into China increased from about 200 chests annually in 1729 to roughly 1,000 chests in 1767 and then to about 10,000 per year between 1820 and 1830. The weight of each chest varied somewhat—depending on point of origin—but averaged approximately 140 pounds (63.5 kg). By 1838 the amount had grown to some 40,000 chests imported into China annually. The balance of payments for the first time began to run against China and in favour of Britain. Meanwhile, a network of opium distribution had formed throughout China, often with the connivance of corrupt officials. Levels of opium addiction grew so high that it began to affect the imperial troops and the official classes.
What good would it do to buy up a city like San Francisco (or New York or Portland or Vancouver...) if you have to deal with all the homeless and druggies? You can't go to the government for help to get rid of them because they're set up to "protect" the homeless. You can't round them up and kill them like you would back home - again, because they have some govt. protection.
Solution? Bring in tons of something like Fentanyl, push it through the communities and let nature sort it out. In the meantime, while the homeless are still there, buy up all the property for a song because no one else wants to live in the area.
The modern meaning of the Western World (the Latin West)
In practical terms, this means the Western World typically includes most countries of the European Union as well as the U.K., Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/western-countries
America assumed, rather peacefully, the mantle of Western power when it supplanted the British Empire as the seat of Western power and culture. This occurred during the world wars.
Why would the Chinese, for whom the shame and humiliation of the Opium Wars still resonates 200 years later, draw a distinction between the UK and USA? They are both viable targets for toppling.
Guess this will separate the wheat from the chaff. Anyone considering drugs, consider this: your government controls you via drugs, alcohol, anti-depressants/other pharmaceuticals, illegal laws/anti-constitutional laws, etc.
China has a long memory and have a sense of cultural shame and humiliation surrounding the Opium Wars.
they view this as justified
I have been saying for years that China had some old scores to settle with the West over the Opium Wars that destroyed Chinese lives for profit and nearly destroyed the country. It was the beginning of the end for almost two thousand years of dynastic rule in China. Isolationism and internal corruption brought the mighty Qing Dynasty to its knees due to lack of modernization that could not stand up to the mighty British Military. Payback is a MF. The return of Hong Kong was just the beginning of restitution. The lessons of the past are not lost on the Chinese and they have been methodically and systematically modernizing not only their industry, but their military. All while the collective West basks in the illusion of their hegemony.
The Chinese also have a debt to settle with Japan that is overdue. Don't think for one minute that Japan is not aware of that day of reckoning. IMO, the recent hit on Abe was just a warning shot across the bow for Japan.
The Chinese play the long game and are willing to wait for the right moment. The West's big problem is its hubris in viewing countries like China and Russia as they were in the past. Those countries have moved dramatically forward in terms of their technologies, infrastructure, financial systems, and their militaries. They have been advancing while many within our Western governments have been asleep to those changes and continuing to live in the past. They continue to think places like China and Russia are no match for the West. That has not been the case for decades. That arrogance is going to bite us in the ass and both Russia and China will use our pride against us. For anyone paying close attention to this proxy war in Ukraine, beyond the propaganda, they should recognize that the collective West is being challenged in a way that they have not seen since the second world war. Russia is fighting for its life and China has scores to settle. What are we fighting for? I hate to say it, but it seems like this time, we are on the wrong side of history in this one and we are going to pay bigly when the check comes due.
Very well put. I can add nothing further; you laid it out perfectly
Thank you fren. It saddens me greatly to witness what this insanity is doing to the world - and much of it is being done in our name.
Actually China got carved up not just by the brits. Iirc, Germany, Portugal, Italy and others.
opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West, while addiction to opium became widespread in China, leading to social and economic problems there.
Background of the opium trade Opium, a narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), was native to what is now the country of Turkey. It was first introduced to China by Turkish and Arab traders in the late 6th or early 7th century CE. Taken orally to relieve tension and pain, the drug was used in limited quantities until the 17th century. At that point, the practice of smoking tobacco spread from North America to China, and opium smoking soon became popular throughout the country. Opium addiction increased, and opium importations grew rapidly during the first century of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). By 1729 it had become such a problem that the Yongzheng emperor (ruled 1722–35) prohibited the sale and smoking of opium. That failed to hamper the trade, and in 1796 the Jiaqing emperor outlawed opium importation and cultivation. In spite of such decrees, however, the opium trade continued to flourish.
Early in the 18th century the Portuguese found that they could import opium from India and sell it in China at a considerable profit. By 1773 the British had discovered the trade, and that year they became the leading suppliers of the Chinese market. The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly. Other Western countries also joined in the trade, including the United States, which dealt in Turkish as well as Indian opium.
Britain and other European countries undertook the opium trade because of their chronic trade imbalance with China. There was tremendous demand in Europe for Chinese tea, silks, and porcelain pottery, but there was correspondingly little demand in China for Europe’s manufactured goods and other trade items. Consequently, Europeans had to pay for Chinese products with gold or silver. The opium trade, which created a steady demand among Chinese addicts for opium imported by the West, solved this chronic trade imbalance.
Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Subscribe Now The East India Company did not carry the opium itself. Because of the Chinese ban, the company farmed it out to “country traders”—i.e., private traders who were licensed by the company to take goods from India to China. The country traders sold the opium to smugglers along the Chinese coast. The gold and silver the traders received from those sales were then turned over to the East India Company. In China the company used the gold and silver it received to purchase goods that could be sold profitably in England.
ONE GOOD FACT From 1900 to 1920, tug-of-war was an official event at the Summer Olympics. See All Good Facts The amount of opium imported into China increased from about 200 chests annually in 1729 to roughly 1,000 chests in 1767 and then to about 10,000 per year between 1820 and 1830. The weight of each chest varied somewhat—depending on point of origin—but averaged approximately 140 pounds (63.5 kg). By 1838 the amount had grown to some 40,000 chests imported into China annually. The balance of payments for the first time began to run against China and in favour of Britain. Meanwhile, a network of opium distribution had formed throughout China, often with the connivance of corrupt officials. Levels of opium addiction grew so high that it began to affect the imperial troops and the official classes.
Easy destruction from within
What good would it do to buy up a city like San Francisco (or New York or Portland or Vancouver...) if you have to deal with all the homeless and druggies? You can't go to the government for help to get rid of them because they're set up to "protect" the homeless. You can't round them up and kill them like you would back home - again, because they have some govt. protection.
Solution? Bring in tons of something like Fentanyl, push it through the communities and let nature sort it out. In the meantime, while the homeless are still there, buy up all the property for a song because no one else wants to live in the area.
The modern meaning of the Western World (the Latin West) In practical terms, this means the Western World typically includes most countries of the European Union as well as the U.K., Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/western-countries
agree
America assumed, rather peacefully, the mantle of Western power when it supplanted the British Empire as the seat of Western power and culture. This occurred during the world wars.
Why would the Chinese, for whom the shame and humiliation of the Opium Wars still resonates 200 years later, draw a distinction between the UK and USA? They are both viable targets for toppling.
yes. globalist depopulation agenda continues
Guess this will separate the wheat from the chaff. Anyone considering drugs, consider this: your government controls you via drugs, alcohol, anti-depressants/other pharmaceuticals, illegal laws/anti-constitutional laws, etc.
Boycott Chinese food now!
No way! I love Chicken Soo Guy. But I will boycott Fentanyl. lol
Ah me a likely beef of sum yung guy
It was about getting their gold back and then some back then.
The only way to break the cycle [escape the matrix] is to raise our consciousness [awareness].