How Britain Went To War With China Over Opium

[@samboni702]

This was a century of humiliation for China. I believe it is part of China's motivation to succeed today. Many westerners, including myself, may only see economic and politicial defiance by China. But once you see some history you can see where their defiance is rooted.

[@laurencesmith2199]

They will never ever be put in the corner again .

[@yulgol7136]

I agree with you, that is what C. Munger is hoping.

[@adamprice3466]

Nah China is just greedy and wants power like everyone else.

[@Achill101]

I don't want the Chinese to forget their history. But if they conduct foreign policy mainly out of resentment for humiliations two to one hundred years ago, then they sacrifice their future for their picture of their past.

[@Fragatron]

The Chinese never forgotten the century of humiliation it is still used in propaganda against westerners today.

[@paulmakinson1965]

Interestingly, the HSBC bank was founded to handle the money made from the opium trade. Today, they continue their tradition helping drug traders launder their earnings.

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

omg you're right but no one cares it seems

[@joeschmoe24-7]

Jardin company

[@P1886-g5q]

Right up there with IBM helping the nazis.

[@oldricky]

It continues to do that today. HSBC is a Rothschild Bank. It was caught laundering money for the drug cartels in Columbia. It had special 'security' boxes to accept the custom designed metal boxes the Cartels used to deposit cash from street sales. The court case was in the USA. HSBC was issued a fine on the condition that it would stop the practice.

[@Liboch]

This time drug travels west

[@timwatts9371]

The punchline for this story is that the British Empire was one of the most a ruthless drug cartels in world history.

[@artregeous]

Nope British government and its bankers were the ruthless kosher drug cartel cabal

[@varunemani]

Devilish feinds the lot of them, lowest reptilian scum of the world. 👎

[@swhip897]

And slavery

[@subprime2006]

Any empire was and is ruthless and that included the current U.S. China should review their humiliated (rat fcuked) by Europeans, Japanese and American in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

[@vavaro1]

Exactly, well said

[@ch.khurramazizdhillon-csp3724]

“Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

[@miljanmilenkovic8184]

True

[@alanhat5252]

True but what's your point?

[@Achill101]

Nietzsche went mad as an individual.

[@samuelmullins271]

@@Achill101 I think you are deceptive because a famous scholar contradicts your idiotic testimony. Have y'all sicko culture sycophants heard of Voltaire?

[@gilbertwilson895]

Hmmm, the Islamic and Slavic folks would beg to differ with these self-pious apologists for their Western cultural and historic flaws. War and greed and materialistic amorality are human traits that our U.S. Constitution was designed to mitigate. Add Nipponese aggression to the mix, along with Turkish & Arabic expansions and you get the idea- as Gen. Shermna opined "...war is Hell."

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

"We don't want to be addicts and have a drug trade." -China "You will take the opium, you will buy it from us, or you get the bayonet." -British

[@larryc1616]

Now payback with fenatyl 😮

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Fair enough.

[@adamprice3466]

​@@larryc1616 It's not payback, China just wants money and power like everyone else. Fentynal is all over the West, if it was "payback" they'd be aiming exclusively at the British.

[@shaunp9592]

@@adamprice3466 Did you miss the part where France, the USA and several other western countries joined in the war and opened trading posts?

[@lizoconnor2752]

​@@shaunp9592 I think Americans always miss the point on how our country does bad deeds. They believe the myth of being the greatest nation on the earth

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

I had not know all of these details so thanks for the history lesson. Watching from the Philippines.

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@poodleinadoodle3270]

Although this happened long ago, it disgusts me how low we can stoop for material wealth and power.

[@kabysummit5801]

Human nature's ugly dirty secrets

[@ChicanoOne760]

Ever heard of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family? 2021

[@swaco11]

Is repeating again. Same reason, same propaganda, except this time it will be disastrous for the world and not just china.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

China will repay the favor😆😆😆Their people demand it for the humiliation. Those people have loooong memory

[@Fabbiebeats]

You think their descendants have gorgeous?

[@davidr9482]

And you wonder why some Nations behave the way they do.

[@clovebeans713]

Which nation(s) are you referring to?

[@newaddress456]

@@clovebeans713 All of them.....nations generally do not trust each other.

[@boxingmotoman]

@@bryanmarabe8098 Why are they disgusted? The west aka America made it illegal so the alcohol industry would pay them taxes of sale to the public. When marijuana was legalized it was found that the alcohol industry was fueling the negative campaign for its legalization.

[@WiFiTubeTV]

@@clovebeans713 Western Nations. Period.

[@NA_Hemi]

And now China is doing the same to the USA with Fentinol

[@pangsia7994]

as a chinese this part of history pains me to the soul everytime i read it, and each of us Chinese should be forever ashamed if we ever loose gaurd to prevent anything similar ever happen again.

[@themonsterwithin4000]

It won’t happen to you guys anytime soon considering how powerful you guys are right now.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@themonsterwithin4000 That doesn't make any sense. The PRC is not very powerful, has a 'Tin navy' and the tremendous weakness of being extremely reliant on energy being imported. In effect, for all practical purposes, PRC is 'landlocked' and even worse has picked fights with nearly everyone surrounding it. Perhaps the biggest weakness is that The PRC has a relatively poor GDP per person so in any kind of warfare they'd have severe problems keeping the vast majority of citizens clothed, fed and not carrying out a desperate uprising for food and medicine. Mainland China is NOT as relatively strong today as it was back then. Even back then, the Qings outward shows of great power were hollow and weaker than they looked but still enough to put up some sort of defense. Today, that wouldn't be possible IF.. and this is the 'IF' but if just a few of those foreign powers returned to do the same. The British Navy would just sail around annihilating the entire PLA Navy by itself IF it really wanted to.

[@GriboedovAnton]

Don't be too ashamed though, u have a country with a rich history and great, almost legendary people who influenced the world in a very good, positive way. I understand your thoughts. My country also had a lot of tough history lessons.

[@nobnobnobnob]

​@Top Super Seven PRC may not have a strong GDP, but it's size is what make them powerful. Their solidarity, and no internal western intervention, that's what mke them fearsome.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@nobnobnobnob This hasn't worked for Russia that has a very large land mass and relatively large population and blocks and controls outside intervention. What happens is you have a China that in peacetime, at best has the wealth of a sort of central american country. They do not have a sufficient military to carry out any kind of major defense for very long and would need to funnel as much of that wealth as possibly into the military. You can do this IF you can also give everyone else a bowl of rice and medicine for their family AND detour the nation's wealth into weapons. China cannot do that and this goes towards your 'solidarity' idea. One of the main reasons we're discussing this is the DIVISION among Chinese. We're talking about Chinese fighting Chinese in a domestic Civil War. Keeping in mind, just a few years ago one of the most astonishingly massive street battles you ever saw in your lifetime were happening in Hong Kong where Chinese battled Chinese. No 'western interference' is required and we know this because 2/3rds of Mainland China's history has been in Civil Wars. Rebellion's, uprisings, Chinese destroying other Chinese. No small things but some of the highest body counts on planet earth types of divisions. Long, brutal absolutely devastating genocidal types of divisions. Just 73 years ago they carried out a division so intense that we are here talking about how they are planning a final Chinese vs Chinese battle about it. Covid Lockdowns almost instantly disappeared overnight a few months ago when it became frightfully apparent the citizens were starting to lay beatings on 'covid guards' and about 10 seconds away from an uprising. ohhhhh boy suddenly 'covid' disappeared like magic. overnight it vanished. This is because, the way things work in China is the 'powder keg'. They are shockingly obedient but when that pressure gets sparked they go into an absolutely devastating explosion of deadly violence. What happens when they start finding out the PRC isn't 'slapping these vermin' and 'punishing' but instead a Japanese warship is rescuing PLA from the Taiwan Straight after sinking the PLA boat? What happens when they go a day without food and water because all wealth has been shifted to an unsuccessful Zillion dollar rocket attack on Tapei? What happens is 800 million of them go on a horrific Taiping Rebellion style rampage. Sooner or later, Japanese and Western forces will show up to bring some sanity and control to the Mainland, bring food and medicine and try and negotiate mercy for the party members still alive. This cannot end well. It cannot.

[@FIDESCALLE]

These Brits make Pablo Escobar look like child’s play

[@therealnoriega1433]

No they don't 😂😂

[@heaefea9243]

@@therealnoriega1433 u pablo escabor sum🤨

[@thirachrungruang2851]

And they never change

[@infidel202]

@@thirachrungruang2851 all nations did the same

[@bidhanpradhan1692]

@@infidel202 dividing the blame?

[@rtab722]

I actually wonder if the Opium Wars are taught in the history classes in Britain

[@calebjones960]

There not taught, to be fair though there's a lot of different history in the world

[@jujutrini8412]

It was taught in my day. I remember being taught Britain wanted to keep selling opium to China and China was upset about the number of addicts the trade had created. Basically we were taught Britain was being an ar$ehole. I learned about it around age 13 or 14.

[@calebjones960]

@@jujutrini8412 when were we not assholes in history lmao

[@rtab722]

@@jujutrini8412 Wow that’s actually decent

[@jujutrini8412]

@@rtab722 There are certain aspects of the British Empire that are taught in schools across the board, but I think it may depend on different teachers how much of each aspect is concentrated on. The Opium wars was quite shocking to us at first then we learnt about India, how that was conquered; Ireland - how that was taken. We learned that empires are greedy!

[@skellys1948]

I was so happy to watch your excellent discussion of the Opium Wars without having to hear the names of the U.S. elite who made fortunes from China's misery, specifically John Jacob Astor and FDR's maternal grandfather, Warren Delano. As Balzac is credited with saying, "Behind every great fortune is a great crime." Starting wars to address a balance of trade issue has been going on for centuries. Isn't is a shame that schools don't teach uncensored history? We humans never seem to learn.

[@Littleblaza]

Government schools don't teach much.

[@F8Tributo]

As Napolean said: "What is history, but a fable agreed upon?" History is written by the winners. The vanquished have no voice.

[@jamesphillips9516]

Even as this tried to shine the British Navy, its terrible what England did, both, through policy and Navy

[@winnon992]

Sounds like the Kennedy family !

[@sharonprice42]

The US saved China from the Japanese in ww2

[@alexandergrigorov2594]

US: “I’m the country that has intervening in most foreign conflicts ever.” UK: “Oh my child, you’re no way close.”

[@fghn5639]

They haven't had the same amount of time as the UK do they..

[@nsebast]

Same type of people though. Viking barbarians

[@wotwot6868]

You've clearly not listened to Noam Chomsky

[@whangjohnlizhao550]

You know very little about history, blaming UK and US when it was the banking elite that financed conflicts and took the spoils... Google David Sassoon... just like the Sacklers of present-day

[@markrainford1219]

Yet.

[@Clear224-77]

I believe this conflict should be taught in th U.S. It explains China's views on the future of their country.

[@EucaBear]

While I loathe the Chinese communist party, they are not wrong when they refer to this period as the century of humiliation.

[@douggieharrison6913]

It is also helped prominent families become more powerful in the west. Franklin Roosevelt, president of the US during WWII, was the grandson of a drug smuggler. Also Francis Forbes (yes that Forbes) was a member too, and one of his grandkids was a presidential candidate, John Kerry. Kinda funny how that works isn't it? If you're an old, elite, white drug smuggler bringing drugs to another country, your family will rise to prominence and power. If you're a colored person smuggling drugs into the western world, you're imprisoned and are considered scum of society. Them 19th 20th century double standards.

[@Achill101]

It was also peak colonialism and peak Western contempt for other cultures. It could be taught as part of the history of China but also of the Western World.

[@drunkntigr]

Yes, as they say, it's all a matter of perspective. Some people don't understand why some people react in such contempt, perhaps history might have the answer. You'd wonder why the chinese government couldn't give two shts about fentanyl in the US.

[@정의훈-t6h]

the manchus are not chinese! manchus conquered china, the british defeated the manchus it’s just like spain isn’t south america and why are there so many people that doesn’t understand that I have to say this repeatedly

[@TribalCashAA]

Finally figure out why this is taught minimally, or not at all, in U.S. schools.

[@freeminded7]

Uhh yes it was. You just weren’t paying attention. Second, expecting every minor historical event to be thoroughly covered is idiotic.

[@stefanrichter9162]

@@freeminded7 "minor historical event" sometimes depends on the point of view . You can be sure that in chinese schools they tell the story with some more intensity.

[@gerrythorington7332]

True history is not taught in western countries or in most of the countries they colonized. People are taught sanitized lies. However, times are changing, the truth of the brutality, moral hypocrisy, and millions of deaths caused by the WS western countries are coming to the light. Whether it's China, India, Africa, America, Australia, the Middle East, there's a reckoning to be had.

[@TribalCashAA]

@@freeminded7 I took plenty of history classes an high school and college in the U.S. and did not know how the UK got Hong Kong until I read about the Opium Wars online.

[@jonnyOysters]

​@@stefanrichter9162To Chinese sure. But why does every historical event have to be taught to Americans? I don't expect Chinese people to learn about America's war of independence. Or even WW1. History is too broad. The focus should be on what's most relevant to that culture.

[@richardhindley6764]

Tragic and disgraceful, we really excelled ourselves there didn't we!!! Thank you for this education.

[@MixedRaceAndProud1690]

Get a grip

[@MixedRaceAndProud1690]

@@robinbreeds9217 - exactly .. clowns like the original comment haven’t got a clue about the real history & believe everything they’re shown & told

[@lescommercantesdindochine1954]

"Tragic and disgraceful" ... said the self-hating woke, virtue signaling failure.

[@kabysummit5801]

​@@vatsal7640 just stating the history. Without that, we the people will simply repeat ourselves

[@ollymark11651]

​@Kaby Summit , sadly we still do despite the lessons of history

[@grantp4022]

Great educational video, in just 10 minutes, now I'm up to date.

[@blunderbusssi9587]

I just want to add that during the British Empire the British Working Class (ie most of us) were living in disease, filth and poverty...don't judge us on the misgivings of the British aristocracy...we still hate them today! 😁 Great video mate! :)

[@williamshafer3199]

We working class people in Orstraya also recognise the evil of the "born to rule" class; just as in USA only corporate rulers and stooges benefit from violent repression (both internal and as hegemonic foreign policy)

[@GeorgeMorwood]

Agree with this totally. Anyone who says all British people are responsible or they hate all British people because of the empire need to see how the masses were actually treated. Press ganged into fighting, massacred for speaking up (Peterloo) living in filth and disease working from the age of 5/6 for slave wages. We never benefited from the empire it only lined the pockets of the rich.

[@P1886-g5q]

Aren't you guys a democracy? Kinda like hating yourself.

[@jaysea1553]

@@P1886-g5q are you stupid or what democracy doesn't give one class the right to walk over everybody else to get rich,we the working class in this country are mugs to still let this go on

[@bimfred]

Chill out mate. Not like your parents went to a gas chamber or gulag.

[@stype8468]

Fentanyl is the blowback

[@4spremilimone]

Finally someone said it….

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Nope Same white folks pushing cheaper more dangerous drugs, to a different continent. Wake up!

[@whatever-o6t]

First, fentanyl is a controlled drug in China, which is not the case in the US, second, China is not waging a war to sell it, and third, the fentanyl flood is caused by Purdue, a company owned by Americans themselves. Finally, can't Americans reflect on themselves and how it's always someone else's fault?

[@npc2480]

Good

[@Instajjampong]

Fentanyl is a legal prescription drug. It is produced in many countries including India. It is the Mexican criminal rings that are responsible for flooding North America with Fentanyl, not the Chinese.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

In most languages "narcotics" are called "drugs". Where in China narcotics are called "Du" or "Du-Pin" or literally translated as "poison" or "poisonous substance". China also have severe punishments for all drug related offences, including possessing or using weed.

[@Grasslander]

"In most languages narcotics are called drugs". That's a pretty bad language statement considering that "drug" in English also means medicine, whereas the word for narcotics in most languages probably is not the same word as a form of medicine. Better to skip the first sentence there altogether.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

@@Grasslander I read in an article that in most languages medicine and narcotics/opioids are the same word. China is only of the only places that literally calls it a "poison" due to the sufferings in the past.

[@ahndeux]

And yet they have no problems sending the precursor drugs to make Fentanyl to the rest of the world. Its their idea of revenge for the opium wars.

[@gwynplaine6710]

They might hate weed but give them a dried tiger penis or pickled Uroplatus phantasticus eyeball and there on it like a car bonnet!

[@stefanwolf8558]

Britain: "We're joining the war on drugs!..................but we're on the side of drugs"

[@peetsnort]

Fast forward to today. The fentanyl wars

[@ericzhou-y4t]

It's the US drug problem, nothing to do with China. It's nothing like the history that China wages a war to sell drugs to the US.

[@ryanblease]

Absolutely fascinating video, I absolutely love history that not everyone is aware of. 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I’ve liked and subscribed ❤

[@ericanderson1846]

I've been listening to Captivating History on Audible, just excellent work. Just the right length and level of detail for interested non-specialists and students.

[@preshisify]

🤔☕

[@rudolfdealz4518]

Yeah thanks Good background info for this opium I'm about to do

[@pratahsinnetamby]

. . . and history is about to repeat itself - but this time, China cannot fail.

[@douglasdonaldson2510]

You mean the Brits are going to force opium on the Chinese?

[@PeruvianPotato]

Enjoy your 50 cents

[@jordanliu9747]

Chinese people will win... After the CCP falls

[@Alvun416]

The west is on the attack again with China in the cross hairs. Agreed. China will not and can not fail this time.

[@ericzhou-y4t]

Nothing like the history. Today's currency is credit money, not gold or silver. Though the US dollars have the risk of losing credit.

[@pirate-king]

great

[@matrixlim4050]

Leopard never change its spot. History is always the best way to learn things.

[@GeorgeMorwood]

of course they do. If you think Britain is the only one that has done bad things throughout history, I have some news for you.

[@Achill101]

Humans and human societies are not leopards. Our culture changes, and we, in limits, change with it.

[@matrixlim4050]

@@Achill101 the west are worse than the leopards . Claiming them leopards is a complement or a insult to leopards . History already proven they are just bastards

[@davidd854]

@@Achill101 countries often still behave exploitatively nowadays when they can, but at least in the west nowadays they hide it better and conjure some nice propangande narrative.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its spots* (on its fur) ...

[@Odinarcade00]

Oh I love this one. Substances have shaped history. People rarely do.

[@Grasslander]

Um, what? Ah, Marxist "determinism" is funny. Except this history was entirely shaped by people, in particular the eunuchs controlling China's court. The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@HIDDENADHD]

Great video!

[@bluemountain555]

The Chinese certainly don't show as much hatred and animosity towards the UK the same way they do for the Japanese for the attrocities they committed during World War 2.

[@kaleidoscope3234]

*Drugged entire nation to ruin and killed hundred of millions of civilians throughout multiple consecutive wars* China: *sleep* *Killed a few thousand people in a middle of a world war, which was a normal occurrence throughout the world* China: *real shit*

[@josecarlosgonzalezgaitan3738]

@@kaleidoscope3234 don't want to ruin the joke but...reducing one of humanity's worst moments as well as one of the greatest portraits of human evilness as just "a few thousand death during a war" and "which was a normal occurrence throughout the world" is the same as calling 9/1/1 a small attack just because few thousand people died. Oh and the Chinese lost millions of lives (especially civilians lives) during the Japanese occupation

[@resikin]

@@josecarlosgonzalezgaitan3738 Wrong, you’re still sold on outdated war propaganda

[@josecarlosgonzalezgaitan3738]

@@resikin propaganda? You mean the thousand of photos and news in JAPANESE newspapers that spoke about the atrocities in Nanking? Or maybe the many hundred of thousands of chinese men, women and children who died on the hands of the imperial armys squads? Bro I don't know what kind of propaganda I was sold into bc all the things i know about the sino-Japanese war were told by japanese veterans themselves alongside survivors of the massacre.

[@hiyukelavie2396]

@pondteal Because the US is the one who is currently actively trying to fuck with China

[@mikebacchus721]

strange how they called China government as ruthless 😅😂

[@trevoryin]

Mao killed millions of his own people.

[@chopper1239]

This means to me this channel is being bias. Same History are told differently depending where and who we are. Video said a ruthless government without telling us why and how. 🤣

[@ssembatyajohn8926]

Propaganda...

[@PeruvianPotato]

Tell me y'all didn't study the Taping Rebellion without telling me y'all didn't

[@adamprice3466]

@@chopper1239 in the civilized world we think that communists murdering +20 million people is indeed ruthless. The same form of government killed a similar amount of Russians mere decades earlier. Both ruthless governments.

[@Kyle_Warweave]

For the first time my "thumbs up" vissibly made the difference with 1K (from 14K to 15K). Great video!

[@peterbluesman]

It’s hard to say whether the Brits were worse in India or China. In both cases the devastation and loss of livelihood and lives really epitomised how truly evil was the British Empire.

[@karimmaasri1723]

Gengkis khan killed 70 million human beings....still struggling to decide who is the worst?

[@sdinenno]

(((Brits)))

[@ATomRileyA]

To be honest if it was not for Britain the world would be a lot more savage and backward, i mean look at india's caste system and they way they treat each other. Also your using a computer that the British invented on the www that they also invented. Without them we would be so far behind.

[@lowkeyconvert8971]

one thing we can ascertain is that they obviously saw/see people from india and china as being probably subhuman and uncivilised compared to them and so therefore flouted those respective government's rules. but who's the one acting like a barbarian, entitled, invading and looting other countries, mistreating and exploiting, trading in underhanded ways, etc.?

[@hmq9052]

Thanks for choosing the English language 👍

[@dawnpattison7731]

I just wanted to say that Canadian people and American people in today’s world do not condone the war’s and the atrocities committed by our governments in our name. In fact the opposite is true. We have been lied to and coerced by our governments when they have wanted to wage war. And honestly anytime Citizens have voiced their opposition to our Governments policies and actions we have been ignored, slandered, suppressed and ultimately destroyed by our own governments. I know now as I have read and listened and learned about our World’s history just how much strength and even more wisdom it must take to restrain yourselves from taking revenge on all of the countries and peoples of those countries. But believe me when I say our governments are foolish, greedy and evil but We The People are not. The ordinary citizens in the west are victims of our own governments. We have allowed them to steal everything from us and all the while they have managed to steal from their citizens the same things they stole from you and your Countries our independence, our freedom, our history, our democracy, our happiness. We have become countries in this world that are no longer free our governments have become our jailers. If we don’t find a way to rid ourselves of the corrupt systems that run our countries. We will need to be liberated.

[@karimmaasri1723]

Can u please stop this apologetic attitude? This is human nature and history....nothing to be ashamed of.

[@thomsboys77]

Lmao, yeah right

[@NeoTsuKhoon]

If you advocate might is right, then you should tell your rights movements no need to be hypocrites. UK and US rule the world with their guns, no apology

[@niidanso]

No... You just love the benefit.

[@ابنعناقه]

Just finished watching this ancient history documentary, and I’m already recommending it to my friends!

[@scottdellrobinson]

disgusting video. It was crimes against humanity

[@Blackhebrew01]

Isn't that what Esau about, crimes against humanity.

[@markperry2827]

You do realize the people you are crying for were sacrificing people during festivals as tribute to the Gods? Mao was the first person to make sense of the whole bunch. He was a genocidal maniac to some. He cleaned the evil from the country and right quick. Took China out of the dark ages.

[@scottdellrobinson]

@@markperry2827 Please, stop being evil minded. Everyone knows that Europe brought utter death and destruction to China as well as most other non European people. So I'm not sure of your angle but ummm..................

[@og-greenmachine8623]

@@Blackhebrew01 facts

[@NULLBDBB]

Every great empire has its faults. This video is biased against the British but every great nation from Rome to the Empire will do some crimes

[@chandanapathak1602]

Amitava Ghosh 's brilliant trilogy (novels) on this period is a must read

[@yam2050]

I read only the first book ,it was on Indian farmers producing those opium.

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

Oh boy talking about the Drug's Cartels...🇬🇧💩🇬🇧

[@DavidCraig-go1zv]

This should be taught in schools so kids can see it happening around them.

[@bruisernight4197]

It used to be taught in schools, along with a heap of other history but sadly now it's considered more important to offer 68 different options for riveting subjects that have no real relevance.

[@lewkirk821]

I was taught this in high school. It was part of the curriculum.

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@DavidCraig-go1zv]

@@Grasslander Thank you for the lesson.

[@Nobody-ex1bs]

it is taught in china rn, im learning it lol

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Warren Delano ran the opium trade for quite some time. He was the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his mother's side.

[@charlesk22]

Fun fact, FDR was embarrassed by it and avoided to learn or research into it. His own wife knew more about his family's blood money than himself (there's letters showing it written by the wife)

[@eugenedebs9547]

Sure FDR's relative was the main character and no Republican or British losers ?

[@jimih7811]

vermine procreates vermine

[@vampoftrance]

History repeats itself. Also when opioid came to Florida I learned this lesson not to try pills to feel good, as it hampered production.

[@karoltakisobie6638]

There are many parallels between Opium in China back then and Fentanyl in NA today.

[@martinzaehringer1697]

Payback

[@Ahoooooooo]

In which way are the parallels ? Is another country forcing NA to buy their fethanyl at gun point ?

[@ratumelimatanatoto2488]

This is why history is important as people who dont learn from it they will repeat it.

[@IARRCSim]

Fentanyl isn't as significant on International trade, though. Fentanyl is very deadly but cheap. Opium was free to hook people but became exploitatively expensive. China's mass exporting of cheap products, electronics, and misuse of internationally subsidized mail from China have much bigger effects on the trade balance.

[@aroutledge9565]

​@@martinzaehringer1697 payback to who? Americans are on the other side of the Atlantic ocean you demented inbred.

[@thtupid]

1:21...sound familiar to any recent events? 5:20 also.

[@evolution686us]

This is the moment Chinese realizes that they have to building a strong military force to protect themselves.

[@rafflesxyz4800]

Didn't do a very good job of it then did they? Routed by the Japanese a massive 90 years later!

[@JustPeaceLoveAndKindness]

Thus, any action by ANY foreign power (including US) to "encourage" Taiwan to declare independence/secede from China can be interpreted as another attempt to divide China. This view is held by many Chinese people regardless of the political party. Just say NO to another war of world dominance at the expense of more innocent lives.

[@kabysummit5801]

​@@rafflesxyz4800 The Chinese got clobbered, torched, and raped. By the British and later the Japanese. Those are the facts and we all have to live with it. Let's hope we don't get ww3.

[@ericgibert7630]

​@sam sam q@

[@ralphmalph6097]

@@rafflesxyz4800 Chinese made weapons were garbage 😮

[@ericcarson4513]

10:20 That's definately not the Opium wars, maybe the boxer rebellion or 1st Sino-Japanese war.

[@connoroneill9406]

The picture is of the boxer insurrection but that has little to do with what he’s saying

[@IARRCSim]

yeah. The Japanese flag kind of gives it away.

[@michaellavery4899]

Look at Britain now, even the world, what goes around comes around.

[@flame-sky7148]

Yea, there’s a rise, and there’s a fall.

[@nisrmasry2134]

​@@flame-sky7148Exactly, they have turned from London to Londonistan 🙃😂

[@flame-sky7148]

Yep, Britain basically created Pakistani off of India after colonialism and here is a boomerang .

[@edwardhathcock8573]

What's your thumbnail should read is how Britain became a drug dealer twice

[@mjmujohn9124]

The British and the Italian invented the drugs. The fought each other over drug trade before the even stepped outside their countries.

[@stoneysauce]

@ 01:11 Guangzhou is actually pronounced gwang-Jo where the quang part is inflected like a question and the Jo part is sung like a note. It is not, however, pronounced like Guangzan.

[@martinclark8162]

You're missing the fkin point Saucedude, opium, Sassoons and modern day Sacklers have and ARE killing 100's of 1000's with this pernicious evil. Stuff the pronunciation, count the blood and bodies, then look where the money went. They and their ilk are evil personified to we the 'cattle-class' peasantry.

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

Wait.. in what language and dialect?

[@stoneysauce]

or is he saying Guangzhou in the Cantonese dialect, which would be gwong2 zau1 ? dunno

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

@@stoneysauce Ok but then it's strange you'd correct something you don't even know. Keeping in mind, this isn't just about Cantonese but there were (and still are) Guanzhou dialects. Like this, what if I told you the English "Tea" is a very correct way to pronounce it in the Chinese?

[@stoneysauce]

@@theasianjaywalker4455 I apologize for any offense I've caused. I simply noticed the the pronunciation was odd and for some reason decided to comment on it.

[@wormwood6424]

The wests track record is actually quite despicable. And it remains the same to this day.

[@Marc-io8qm]

That’s BS. All cultures have committed atrocities. Selective historical guilt is weaponised to deracinate western nations and allow for the population replacement agenda to continue. If anything the Jewish influence behind this agenda is 100x worse. There is a reason why they (my) ancestors have been jettisoned from 108 places in our history.

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@Grasslander]

Sure, ilttle brainwashed socialist. Of course you don't care one bit about atrocities committed by China - endless massacres, and iron branding and mutilation of criminals, for example - or other non-Western countries - such as the fact that the Chinese had slaves until Europeans stopped them. Even Chinese Buddhist monks had slaves tilling their fields. Like the Ottomans, Arabs, African tribes, Indian tribes, until Whites forced them to stop. Whites being the only people on Earth who came up with moral arguments against slavery. In the year 1800 20% of all people on Earth lived in some form of bondage. If it wasn't for Whites slavery would still be everywhere - and of course, many Blacks in Africa still keep other Blacks as slaves even today, like they always have. But thanks to Whites, Somalis, Ethiopians Congolese and the rest were forced to free their slaves. You're welcome.

[@wormwood6424]

@@Grasslander Britain got bankrupt by tea?🤨

[@niidanso]

​@@Grasslanderand the lies begin.

[@TheDaeroner]

Its crazy how Western diplomacy has not changed one bit since that time.

[@jacques.cousteau]

Ah yes, i remember how fentanyl gets through the united states after being *checks notes* produced in China and smuggled by mexicans

[@bentray1908]

Really? If you were right, how did China become so powerful? The British empire would not have allowed it.

[@thtupid]

@@bentray1908 He said "Western". Not "British".

[@DictumMeumPactum]

​@@bentray1908 And how can a washed-out country stop China? Britain was indebted to the IMF from the 1940s to the 1970s, despite multiple bailout from the United States. It had its power, abused it relative to others and now its just limping along abusing its own citizens. China is coming....

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@GMorid]

Nothing changed in Briths elite , and merchant's mentalities, still the same I , ME, MINE

[@honestyrocksu]

insightful , thank you!

[@joannelim7985]

That portrait isn’t Xianfeng for sure. He died at age 30. Besides Guangxu and Tongzhi, he’s definitely the weakest emperor the Qing dynasty had. In fact, that portrait is Kangxi, one of the most effective emperors of the Qing dynasty. Some say, the best emperor of the dynasty. You did him dirty by using his portrait here. 🙄 Kangxi’s portrait: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_Emperor Xianfeng’s portrait: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianfeng_Emperor#/media/File%3A《咸丰皇帝朝服像》.jpg

[@hvuu1628]

wypepo can't tell the differences.

[@joannelim7985]

@@hvuu1628 Anyone with a basic understanding of Chinese history should be able to spot the mistake right away.

[@hvuu1628]

@@joannelim7985 not necessarily. it's passive racism.

[@krisMcA82]

This video is basically garbage

[@trevorrogers95]

@@hvuu1628 🙄

[@jerryjungle5717]

Ahh British history. The people who I feel sorry for are all the soldiers (cannon fodder), in the past and up until today. They went/go to war to make rich people richer. If there wasn't profit in war there wouldn't be any war.

[@andym9571]

There was no profit in the war against slavery that was waged by Britain and the Royal Navy against the rest of the world. In fact the debt was only finally paid off by the British taxpayer in 2015

[@charlesk22]

​@@andym9571 you mean the mass slavery industry they helped create in the first place? Before you claim that other countries were doing slavery, some indeed, but not all. In fact, many on their own were phasing out slavery as it was no longer profitable (southern Africa had many kingdoms only doing assimilation, not slavery as they were incentivized to grow their own populations and kingdoms). Even when slavery kicked off by the west, some kingdoms requested the British royalty of the time to end the practice as it was massively depopulating entire regions. And ask yourself those slavery ships that the British navy were fighting against, whose ships were they, western or otherwise? Britain only reached an era where having slaves was more trouble than its worth, so they ended it and used their navy under the excuse of eliminating slavery to establish hegemony over the seas. Prove me wrong on that! Moreover, if Britain was so antislavery, why were they so sympathetic and even helping the US slave states during the civil war? Bit hypocrisy there?

[@OslerWannabe]

Look no further than the Bush family's Oil War I and Oil War II, AKA Desert Storm and The Iraq War.

[@DictumMeumPactum]

​@@andym9571 Paid off to whom? To the British aristocrats and rich merchants who were both the slave drivers and profiteers? Evil tends to poison people's mind. China is coming.....

[@reydineero]

@@charlesk22 well said Charles

[@thenorthernsoldier]

Brilliant video.

[@samizdat8518]

Merchants like the Sassoons and Kadoories operated out of Britain and India, but, were of a different tribe.

[@jaysimpson6857]

And that tribe’s prints are on everything today as well.

[@fosterix555]

Ah, finally some red pilled comments

[@Walizen]

Haha!

[@piyushjaiswal9283]

Jews

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

Isn't it interesting how forcing drugs into a country is portrayed oh-so nobly and merely protecting their merchants by the narrator while any attempt at resisting drugs is "provocative" on the part of the Chinese? Some things never change

[@9UaYXxB]

You're misinterpreting this presentation... this is not an apology for the war of aggression by the British against China. The narrator isn't trying to 'sell you' that the British were justified. This was a hideous abuse of the Chinese population.

[@DictumMeumPactum]

I noted that sentence, too. "Provocative" in that context is nothing but whitewashing history. The entire documentary has a slant towards enobling the reckless and wicked perpetrators of crime on a staggering scale. Suggesting that the British were expressing outrage over the possibility that the Chinese would put a bunch of convicted criminals to death was not only bizarre, it was a shameful historical narrative - given the sullied history of the British at that time. This is typical of the West's take on the rest of the world. Hypocritical.

[@johncarroll772]

Wrong, the narrator is not portraying anything noble about the opium wars , he is just stating the facts of what happened.

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

@@johncarroll772 he's stating what the British claimed as though they were facts, when the real facts of their abuse got glossed over

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

No mention of the Sassoon family🤔. British merchants. Right.

[@11kravitzn]

Britain: knock knock, mother fuckers, it's capitalistic imperialism.

[@theon9575]

Since when is organised drug running "capitalistic imperialism" ?? Tell that to the Mexican Government 😂. The British attempt to bring the Chinese under control with opium\heroin distribution was simply the earliest example of chemical warfare. Evil.

[@sandozkarika]

It’s ok to mention the powerful family behind the opium war. One book has been recently published. Likely it doesn’t matter anymore.

[@vinzanity68]

Informative❤

[@terrytan7995]

All Chinese should and will remember these incidents. Will not let it happen again.

[@TheFlyingPlectrum]

most of the Chinese who remembered this were murdered by Mao!

[@patricka.crawley6572]

Lin Zexu wrote a letter to an 18 year old queen. No chance of anything happening but maybe he knew that.

[@DictumMeumPactum]

How convenient, playing the age card. The 18 year old was surrounded and served by a team of silver haired and experienced rapscallions. A simple letter could have been replied as a mark of diplomatic respect or even acknowledgement of a party attempting to act in good faith. This 18 year old was praised for stepping into her role with maturity beyond her youth; now we must defend her for her inexperience. Do people from the west believe that the world is static? That the oppressed today would remain the same? China is coming....

[@NightFlighttoCairo]

It is entirely possible that some lesser royal in the court intercepted that letter ✉️ and made sure Queen Victoria did not see it. 🫣 Just speculating; I could be wrong. 🤷‍♂️

[@metalgeared5]

2:39: Everyone “massive eye roll”.

[@libertytan234]

Britain is guilty on this issue.

[@richardhorrocks1460]

Guilt is minus one point. Being white is plus ten points. So, in the end, the Brits are nine points up. In other words, the Brits are not guilty.

[@jchock7503]

Richard Horrocks......your comment reveal that you have a crook's mentality, just like your ancestors who traded opium in China in exchange for tea.

[@sutonomardi4445]

This war makes Victoria very wealthy and named her the opium queen

[@Fddhjdthnbcfseyhvg]

Love it thanks

[@dariomendoza191]

i WONDER if this part of History was Taught in ENgland Schools!!! greetings from Mexico!!!!

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

Yes, in fact you know about all this and the details because the British made careful accounts and taught about it in schools. Every UK student learns about this repeatedly, several times over.

[@neil03051957]

No it wasn't.

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

@@neil03051957 yes of course it was

[@a.lerner8468]

@@theasianjaywalker4455 Of course they do !!!

[@obversant_nomad]

No they dont teach this in british schools. Im from the uk born n bred they focus more on the romans vikings saxons normans ww1 ww2 very biased. Opuim wars, american indian history, the famine of bengal churchill caused, the troubles in ireland etc arent spoken bout in our curriculum.

[@xys7536]

The dealers wanted to sale smack the Chinese said no so dealers invaded

[@tannerdavis212]

10:20 Don’t remember the Japanese being involved in either of the opium wars. That painting must be depicting events from the first Sino-Japanese war some decades later: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War

[@imjustmikephillips]

So many of the images are wrong and don’t match up to what’s being said. Portraits of wrong people, pictures of different battles, wrong flags, a picture of the uk parliament which isn’t the uk parliament. Many of the names are pronounced wrong, even the English ones. Feels like someone read out the wiki entry and did a 5 minute Google image search

[@MrBoglocks]

I was thinking the same!

[@sssfff]

opium war is taught in my daughter's school A-levels history in 2018 in the uk.

[@Achill101]

Good. It's an important part of the history of the British Empire.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Here are today with the oligarchs and their corporations playing the same games with our lives. It doesn't have to be this way.

[@mitchellm90]

Shamian Island, Guanzhou, where all the foreign traders were living, used to have a sign above the bridge gate, "No dogs or Chinese allowed".

[@ejkalegal3145]

It's outrageous. Why ban dogs??

[@DarkKnight-db1dy]

Same with Indians they did in some parts that 'no dogs and Indians are allowed'

[@quixotiq]

Even in the UK in living memory, in London pubs on some doors were signs saying: 'No blacks, no Irish, no dogs".

[@ejkalegal3145]

@quixotiq If this is true then it is disgraceful. Dogs are loyal and lovely and should be cherished, not shunned.

[@Grasslander]

Nice propaganda. Funny then that the Chinese flocked to Hong Kong as it was the only place where they wouldn't have their ears and noses cut off, or their faces branded, if the mandarins decided they broke some law. Or their homes stolen by the whim of the Chinese rulers. Only in Hong Kong was there a real rule of law, where even the wealthy could be punished for killing someone poor, which was unthinkable in China. As for opium, the Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@davidfognini8526]

without the Chinese invention: gunpowder this would have not been possible.

[@ramyelgendy5451]

That video made me angry as if it’s happening now. Have the colonial powers ever apologized for their global atrocities?

[@williamshafer3199]

Of course not, they have used the stolen assets to build their current wealth and power and indeed their conviction of their own Caucasian Superiority

[@crowrequiem3934]

They are currently trying to reframe it as “its in the past and you should be thankful we brought you civilization” Or they've already rewrote the history books to minimize the event like Japan

[@jesantonihevileon8611]

Colonial powers still today playing the same very criminals game

[@Grasslander]

The Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@ronaldjensen9919]

Stay tuned for next episode: Chip Wars

[@sipsofhell9018]

what else would you sell a kingdom that has everything other than addiction?

[@14energy]

This explains a lot

[@junxu147]

Just to clarify a few points: 1) the way British call that dynasty as China is confusing because it was Tsing dynasty as American and Japanese called it back then. And that dynasty was not Chinese when it invaded China 300 years before the Opium war and was harshly rebelled against by Chinese people; 2) it is absolutely right that the Old summer palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) was not a property owned by the Chinese people but by the Emperor’s family and it was even said that it was the local Chinese people who led the foreign army to burn it down; 3) the video is mostly factual based and it is very important for us to have an objective view on it and don’t treat anything against a government as against the whole people of that nation. We will easily get lost if we think that way and fight back as if we ourselves were attacked.

[@adamprice3466]

Also England hasn't been ruled by an English monarchy in 1000 years

[@Alvun416]

Who is it ruled by then?

[@adamprice3466]

@@Alvun416 The current monarchy House Windsor in German, The Hanovers before them German, The Stuarts were Scotts, Anglo-Saxons, Normans, all foreign.

[@cmourat1]

@@adamprice3466 Indeed. Windsor is not their real name. It's Sachs - Coburg und Gotha, grand children of Victoria and Albert and relatives of Keiser Wilhelm II. Also the Plantagenetes were French.

[@leegundlach391]

We can't blame America you have to blame the Chinese and the British

[@tinocadet5979]

Hard to think that this history don't have anything to do with today I think tension is still there

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... this history doesn't* have ...

[@Grant2b8]

Cool thanks

[@cameronpost7268]

Opium was just the method of Britain getting their foot in the door of Chinese trade, where they otherwise had been stonewalled as China vastly had the upper hand in any previous trade dealings. This angered the British who then used opium to force trade and further their colonialist ambitions in the east. But to say they went to war over opium is like saying the U.S. went to war with Britain over tea. The opium was really just the medium by which Britain forced their way into an untapped region and resources.

[@xtzhao2196]

Never expect that excellent insight in comment, respect

[@-MXXI-]

British people be like in 18th to 19th century:😡 tea pls or I fite u with my boat🛶

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

It's what people will do for opiates, even land used for poppy not for food. The initial suppression of the discovery of heroin was a remarkable act of restraint until Bayer discovered it again..

[@NatureCams]

This is very interesting history, and not to long ago, it's a shame this wasn't taught in school much, is it these days ? Anyway it says alot about humanity and the way things are today, what we all need is equality, love and peace. We need to focus all our efforts on really been one on earth, with extremely futuristic food production and we need to embrace a better future for all, and the time is now. Who will "step into the clouds"

[@samvan7787]

This material should be taught in UK and western schools. What not to do!

[@Andrew-is7rs]

It was. But then the far left came in and decided to basically only teach how racist the empire was, despite the fact they were the only country in human history to end the slave trade, a trade the entire world was taking part in! The Opium Wars was another chapter in a truly fascinating history of the imperfect B Empire. Do remember the Qin dynasty/Empire actually killed (low estimate) 20 million people. Once you learn about British history, warts an’ all, you’ll find their contribution to the world was overwhelmingly a positive one. If it wasn’t for the Empire, Nazi Germany would have totally run amok in all of Europe and the Pacific. It took basically 4 years for America to wake up and help. History is nuanced, and not everything is rosey in the big wide world

[@ottozhang6004]

​@@Andrew-is7rs You are a racist.

[@geraldfordman7474]

What makes you think it wouldn't be?

[@Andy0770]

@@Andrew-is7rs by your logic British empire is the inferior counterparts of Rome empire, right?

[@Andrew-is7rs]

@@Andy0770 Nope.

[@Warum_Nicht]

It is a very valuable thing that Her Majesty’s troops taught the Chinese a lesson or two. The arrogant Chinese wanted the British to kowtow to them. They saw the British as barbarians. Britain and France showed them! But all of Europe is so weak now. Always kowtowing.

[@jdc3636]

And now days, UK has the audacity to lecture China on human rights and freedom. LOL.

[@Biker65]

UK doesn't have 6yr olds working in factories.

[@jdc3636]

@@Biker65 sure, but 🇬🇧 had these kids working in the factories in their colonies.

[@RodioXYZ.]

​@@Biker65Definately not White 6 year olds...

[@romanamenalo1126]

For them the Chinese were barbarians, but they acted as well as barbarians in a country which was not theirs.

[@lowkeyconvert8971]

it's not much different today. westerners look down on asians and indians.

[@branlex1315]

9:51 You forgot to mention the japanese

[@h2kiLL]

This is whats going on in the USA right now or for the last 60 yrs

[@Joshtow167]

"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives. But brains save both." Rommel

[@Carlin2810]

You look up to Rommel do you? What about Mengle,you like him aswell? I know Nazi's are hero's currently & anyone not supporting Neo Nazi's is actually a Nazi but....Really?

[@robertoacevedo3805]

Wow! Eye opening…. Crazy.

[@jameshines8095]

The one thing they left out was how LARGE the demand was and how fragmented the Chinese government truly was. There were areas of that country that the emperor didn't control fully. It was a very complex situation. The demands from these "warlords" or local power brokers was huge. By 1980 of the Hong Kong was one of the most modern and prosperous places in the world. With this comparison it seems logical that China would have been a world power well before WWII. But you guys don't want to hear that because you've never really cared about anyone else but ourselves.

[@Grasslander]

True. Chinese flocked to Hong Kong as it was the only place where they wouldn't have their ears and noses cut off, or their faces branded, if the mandarins decided they broke some law. Only in Hong Kong was there a real rule of law, where even the wealthy could be punished for killing someone poor, which was unthinkable in China. As for opium, the Chinese people wanted opium, as they were forced to work hard. The Chinese mandarins bought opium and grew rich from it. The eunuchs in the court however had used the tea trade to bankrupt Britain, as Britain wouldn't accept the Chinese emperor's hegemony - in the court, the emperor was considered the only rightful ruler under the gods. Which is also why they were constantly officially at war with Japan. The British queen should in their eyes only be a vassal to the emperor. They knew Britain needed tea, as water had to be boiled to get rid of disease, and without tea boiled water is terrible. They demanded payment only in silver. Refusing to buy any goods from Britain, so that all the silver would pour into China over the years and stay there. But finally a British ship found that opium could be sold for silver. The mandarins agreed to this trade. This way silver moved out from China again. There was strong opposition to the opium trade in the British parliament, but they had no choice. Finally they solved the situation by smuggling out tea to grow in India, bypassing the eunuchs.

[@rmentat]

@@Grasslander oh, poor British parliament, they had "no choice" but make turn to expand the criminal activities of the empire to drug trafficking and looting.

[@chandralekhatampi5690]

There is also the aspect of forcing indian farmers along the fertile gangetic plains to grow opium instead of foodgrains ,and then large populations of impoverished peasants were shipped off to the west to work as indentured labourers in their sugarcane fields.

[@JohnChalmers617]

The Opium Wars were more wars fought by the British East India Company with the blessings and complicity of the British Government than they were direct policy of said Government . The one thing they were not was wars of colonialism . That is colonialism in the more traditional sense . This was colonialism in the economic sense . Very much like what America has done since the end of the Second World War . Colonialism by means of economic infiltration is far more effective and long lasting than military conquest can ever hope to be .

[@cmourat1]

Absolutely agree

[@bpvadm]

Very interesting. Never knew. Conspiracies organized by the UK.

[@kurikoweiber5926]

interesting kick at mao at the end when reality maos harsh policies is what brought foundational integrity to modern day China. eliminating opium was a great achievement....so why the negative framing of it.

[@JSTIZZY189]

Great video very educational. This explains a lot regarding the fentenol epidemic in the USA and should serve as a cautionary tale for all Americans especially those who want to tear this country apart with seditious nonsense about a new civil war and white supremacist conspiracy theories. Together we stand divided we fall.

[@anthonynicholson5523]

And to our young who don't understand they are a target already in the crosshairs of those who seek to get them addicted

[@joylarson9040]

China is not responsible for the Fentanyl crisis

[@DP-cd5wr]

I would say its the conspiracy theories about white supremacy are the real issue. The vast majority of divisive language is rooted firmly in leftist ideology.

[@Grasslander]

LOL Hilarious. Fentanyl is the result of people being hooked on Oxycontin because of the Sackler family. Look into who they are, who were never punished for bribing doctors into promoting oxycontin. When you aren't busy blabbering about "white supremacism" like a good little socialist. The drug epidemic could easily be stopped if it wasn't for socialist politicians aiding the criminals by letting them out of prison, but of course you "forget" that. Yes, Whites are "supremacist," not Blacks and Latinos like you who demand privileges, like stealing university seats from people with higher grades, and stealing jobs from better qualified people, because those people are Whites and you are not, with the anti-White media and politicians favoring filth like you.

[@darkhorse2649]

elgin is pronounced with a hard g