Is It True That the British Tried to Force the Chinese to Accept Drug Shipments?

Question by rocco: Is it true that the British tried to force the Chinese to accept drug shipments?

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Answer by dadazac
That question has a yes and no answer. What happened was that the British wanted to have control of Opium trade in China as part of there overall plan to influence the Chinese economy. They were not importing drugs into China they just wanted a piece of the action that was already there

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