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The Opium Wars: How Britain Forced Trade on China
We left off with the Treaty of Tordesillas drawing lines across a globe Europe thought it owned, and the Dutch carving out monopolies in the spice islands. But by the mid-19th century, the balance of power had shifted dramatically from naval dominance to industrial coercion. This episode examines the First and Second Opium Wars, where the British Empire used military force to break the Qing dynasty's Canton System and impose the unequal treaties that would haunt Chinese history for decades. We look at the specific role of the East India Company’s monopoly on opium production in Bengal…
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