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Treaty of Nanking – Part 1: Opium, Silver, and the Gathering Storm
Imagine a world where the fate of empires hangs on a single commodity. Where silver flows in one direction, and opium in another. Where addiction becomes a lever, and war is the price of imbalance. The early nineteenth century saw tensions between Qing China and Great Britain reach a breaking point.
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