How The British Used Opium To Cripple An Ancient Superpower | Empires Of Silver (Full Series)

[@chrisgreene2623]

Now that is what I call a documentary that is close to three hours and encapsulates so much of what I did not know about silver, the Spanish Empire the British Empire and China and how economies were first connected around the world in more ways than the Silk Road previously. Kudos to All out History.

[@jazz249]

United States (Americans) are second in the pecking order in selling opium into China. all the famous American wealth (Forbes, Peabody, Morgan) who made their wealth in 1850-1910 were selling opium in China and used the wealth to build railway, highways, factories in US. selling opium was such a popular "business" that FDR's father in law, Warren Delano was a major opium dealer who became America's richest man by age 35 and did not have to work for the rest of his life. Delano later funded his son in law's political campaigns.

[@Valhalla88888]

HSBC and Jardine Matheson (both Scottish by ancestry) were the biggest funding for the opium trade and Jardine Matheson was the biggest exporter shipping company.

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

​@Valhalla88888 where can I find books that explain your statements. I'm very interested in this subject.

[@jazz249]

@@abdulrahmanraheem423 thank you for your question and curiosity. the best book(s) to read is from historian James Bradley who wrote many NYT "Best Sellers" including one "Flags of Our Fathers" which was made into a Clint Eastwood movie. the book Bradley talked about America's opium trade in China is in Bradley's 2009 book, "Imperial Cruise", a story about Alice Roosevelt (daughter of Teddy) sailing from SF to China and his 2015 book "China Mirage" about America's foreign policy to China since Teddy Roosevelt. btw, you can also search for Bradley's appearances on YT platform. in 2006-15, Bradley gave many Book Talks and media appearances. you may enjoy his discussion. why no appearance after 2015, i think Bradley (originally from Wisconsin) is now retired to New Zealand. 🙂

[@AJohnSmith]

They were definitely forced to smoke opium. All the white mans fault. No agency.

[@mrmj2397]

​@@abdulrahmanraheem423 probably where they sell books? There's also this thing called google ... kinda useful for questions like this...

[@PaulRoundhill]

This is the most in-depth documentary I have ever seen about the British 19th Century opium trade to China without a single reference to its central subject until more than halfway through. Context they say is everything.

[@freespeech8293]

Why do you call it, "Opium Trade." Wasn't it more like illegal drug trafficking, backed by one of the most ruthless colonialist governments, its Queen, and her royal military...?

[@timasharifbeigi4123]

Kh

[@ledman9135]

You could say China is doing the exactly same to the USA. Pumping it full of drugs.

[@Charlie-phlezk]

The destruction of the summer palace is a horrible shame and stain on British power. One of many. I've been to the ruins of the summer palace. It's amazing.

[@aloyd6157]

summer palace , near the start of civil war

[@alabastertheunicorn3204]

Well it only happened because of the kidnap and torture of delegations under false diplomatic pretenses.

[@Charlie-phlezk]

@@alabastertheunicorn3204 which only happened because of British aggression, don't try to justify war crimes 🖕

[@acw7120]

So called "British Power" are just a warmongering "tribe" of barbarians in fancy clothes. They like the "Clubs" as Stanley Kubrick used to say; although not the ones THEY think he means (he means the ones Gorillas use in packs to kill each other at the start of one of his films....) Opium is from Poppies. It is specifically from the Paper Poppy which you hardly see these days (obviously) but they grow on un fertile rocky places with no water and are known as Papaveria Poppies. They represent "Death" and each on "if you are inside out" is a life of someone lost for their "War Mongering Tribe". You can always tell who they are; they act like the Gorilla in the Space Odyssey film and cannot take on a man one to one as they are "wild beasts". Worst Child Abusers in History.

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

The British empire was one of the worst stains to ever darken humanity.

[@peterreston6478]

Excellent documentary. I was glad to hear mention made of Sir Robert Hart and his activity as a sincere friend of China. The drug trafficking of the East India was despicable and the darkest chapter in the history of the British Empire.

[@jackiedykins4412]

The darkest ?...dig...we are worse than sleezy lying rats...all done on the best possible taste ...not to mention slavery and these days the black card and behind the curtain ...

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

China was taught humility

[@ebenezer6844]

British and many many other countries have contributed volumes. Sad that the thirst for a prosperous comfortable life can result in so much depravity.

[@scorburosugrosu6344]

@@CantHandleThisCanYa you're a troll

[@robertlee4172]

HSBC found guilty as money launderer to the drug cartels. Fintech suppliers to the illicit trades. Without the looting and pillaging, England is in financial decay.

[@ebenezer6844]

History repeating itself. Great documentary!!! Had to watch it all in one sitting!! Fascinating and heartwrenching. It's extremely sad that counless lives were brutally lost/taken by greedy men, societies, and countries for wealth and prominence and influence etc etc. and still its all the same just different era. People repeating history.

[@kristinheartknaan]

I too found it profoundly heart-wrenching, but an excellent historically documented rendering of China’s fall-to-comeback role in being again today an economically prosperous bridge to the potential prosperity of the world at large. History may not necessarily have to repeat itself this time. 🤞💓

[@mrmj2397]

Intentionally seeking to inflict the same suffering onto another country and population, is NOT history repeating itself! What the Brittish did, 100's of years ago, was awful and there's NO WAY they would even consider to do that today. But, China ... doesn't seem to have a problem with it, not their people and not their government. This just shows how TRULY behind China is. Paper Tigers. It's all for show.

[@ebenezer6844]

@@kristinheartknaan the underlying main problem is that their motive is to take global control. History teaches that oppression follows. And I agree history does not have to repeat itself.

[@MilagrosMarrero-j8d]

Yes I agree history is repeating itself, look where fentanyl is coming from! China wants to be the superpower of the world! This is super easier😳😵‍💫🥺

[@marlyndonnelly2206]

I've been waiting for this to see the light of day! Thank you!

[@PhongTrann4d]

The destruction of the summer palace is a horrible shame and stain on British power. One of many. I've been to the ruins of the summer palace. It's amazing.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

1840: opium wars 2020: fentanyl chronicles

[@AugustusOmega]

Tea is an addiction, caffeine is hard to kick so it was Tea:> Opium > Fentanyl

[@Positive-Energy-Vibes]

@@AugustusOmega 😂😂 deadly combination 😂😂

[@curromedinagarza7020]

The amount of effort that the Anglo-Saxon matrix puts into minimizing or even ignoring the greatness of the Spanish empire and its contributions to humanity is surprising. Now it turns out that China was the architect of the first world trade order. XD One day, not far from now, the lying protestant masonic english speaking world will receive their karma.

[@lyndawilliams4570]

Reap what you sow

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

@@AugustusOmega drink tea filled with opium and fentanly while watching Pron LOL

[@lecoqjeannot3358]

Absolutely fascinating documentary! Having lived in HKG for 8 years, and interested in history, I knew already many of the subjects, but I still learned a lot !

[@wallybingbang4350]

What an excellent educational documentary !! This is history gold (or silver) - education available to everyone

[@rhatid]

Wonderful work. Very good. Informative.

[@shanekanisay7326]

Absolutely beautiful and amazing... The most indepth account I have ever heard of this moment in time... If lucky you only hear a few moments long ago... Well done .. highly recommend in one sitting, than 10 different sources

[@sabinereynaudsf]

The Manchu dynasty ceded a lot more territory to the Tsar of Russia then to Britain. And why does little remain of the Howqua fortune might have been something to do with the civil war and the communist revolution. This documentary sells a bit of a narrative. The summer palace wasn't destroyed after delagation members had been imprisoned, tortured and killed.

[@sam.p12345]

The background music is annoying. Had to switch it off after ten minutes.

[@thomashartmann7317]

How

[@eyeswideopen7777]

No. Your deaf

[@garlickebagg]

Yes, music too loud, & don't need it anyway.

[@allrequiredfields]

Some of these channels really don't get it. They're stuck in the History Channel mode of operation. They see channels like Fall Of Civilizations with 3.5 hour-long videos and think 'Yeah, we'll do long videos too!' But the reality is we all want something we can relax to - we don't need 3 hour-long Tiktok videos for people with ADHD. Tons of use these videos as sleep aids too, when not actively listening to it.

[@PaulRoundhill]

Lord Elgin is the epitome of British Imperial hubris and his destruction of the Summer Palace along with his name associated with the Parthenon marbles may play a significant role in Britains ongoing reputation in world affairs throughout the future.

[@hollygolightly8048]

And the Brits continue to influence America’s politics through the Council of 300.

[@Valhalla88888]

So not an English guy but a Scottish guy?

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Extremely mild compared to others.

[@jessicarichter6436]

He was Scottish & why would the world view anyone living now or in the future for actions of dead strangers a century ago?

[@junefield5420]

Greece got off lightly

[@tylert9875]

Amazing video. Best I have seen on the subject anywhere.

[@healing682]

what a fantastic documentary, thank you!!!

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

And the the British family that was the kingpin were the Sassoon family which were more of those Gods chosen people. These documentaries leave out the most pertinent information.

[@Valhalla88888]

Jardine Matheson was the real Scottish/British family that built the global opium trade along with their Scottish/British cousins HSBC 😂

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Loxism tends to be like that.

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

They are NOT GOD'S REAL CHOSEN PEOPLE, they are satan children impersonating GOD'S REAL CHOSEN PEOPLE. REVELATIONS 3VS9

[@gratefuldead3750]

​@@Valhalla88888 in the first period. In the second period of the opium rally the sassoons had a Monopoly on 70 percent of the indian production

[@Faretheewell608]

Hebrew for Joy.

[@extremetechus]

Thanks for great video!

[@cosmoray9750]

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[@JoshuaFinancialPL]

you see the corollary inverse in fentanyl, do you not?

[@stevengill1736]

Yes, but it's a little more complicated of course.

[@kristinheartknaan]

Not so much an “inverse” as you might believe. Do you think it’s China that is getting rich from the western ‘new world order’ deepstate investment in current mafia cabals’ illicit fentanyl smuggling business? This is just the most recent epidemic created by the US’ fake “war on drugs” now in pretend conflict with western society’s sick undermining legalization policies needed to exascerrebate the demoralization of their own populations, while guiltily projecting the root of the fentanyl problem onto China as its scapegoat. After all, anything for another excuse to “contain China”

[@scorburosugrosu6344]

to be the same, loads of has to flow in the usa

[@stevebrankin9582]

History repeats it's self ! " what goes around , comes around !" 💉👍🏻

[@Mr0rris0]

Another vid another version another commenter... Brits forced this silver thing? Need to find the books guy recommended Never know with comments When it's the berbers vid someone says hey we gave the sammi tattoos When it's kish someone says that's khazars and Caesars tzars kaisers and khanate... Who knows... may not have been kish that's on me More like local word and legend vs plethora of official narratives Again may not be kish I'm swirling....

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@eastsidaz6623]

Good stuff to kno ,,interested guys Make it more that kind of docu.. Good for watch and learn some new things

[@hhunstad2011]

This was fantastic!

[@mzkzakri1]

I believe Bukit Cina (Chinese Hill) in Malacca, Malaysia is the earliest China settlement. It was stated in history, that during the Ming Dynasty, he gave his princess (Princess Hang Li Po) as a bride to the Sultanate of Malacca in 1460.

[@aloyd6157]

that fiction

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Ming emperors never married a single princess to any foreign land, that's forbidden by the first Ming emperor, and in China, not abiding to the ancestral order would result in death penalty, even if you were the emperor. There's nothing stopping a government official marrying off his daughters to a foreign land, which might as well have been what happened, but depending on what the circumstances are, it could be seen as treason by the emperor, so it's quite rare, if there were any, as well.

[@sprsmoke]

Actually the trade was monopolized by the Sassoon family, who were far from British.

[@deborahdean8867]

OMG, a jew from Baghdad

[@allrequiredfields]

We're stoked about the content but you HAVE to ditch the action movie music. Please realize that a HUGE number of us use these long-form docs to relax and even sleep to, so we don't need constant sensory stimulation too keep our attention.

[@E-Kat]

Yes!! This is such a backwards attitude as we can synchronise the audio and video for over 120 years now and we don't need the music to tell us the story before the dialogue appears on the screen. It's such a shame that people are completely unaware of this! Thank goodness theatrical productions don't have background music! 😊

[@lindaotto3198]

I'm sure you shouldn't be sleeping to this.

[@vaibhavbhandari9839]

Loved the video as well as the music.

[@rodneykeith2923]

It is heartbreaking to know how terribly China was treated in this time. The destruction of beauty should not have happened. I feel a connection to Chinese culture I can't explain, I see ancient China, and it feels familiar, like family photos, even though I am Scottish Irish-American.. I pray some day we can all move past all the horrors of the past and live life respectfully of other people. 🙏 God bless.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Jeeeeeeesuschrist - pot down the goddamn music (and other assorted noises). Who needs that?

[@pattanaachanasuppat5497]

But I love it, man !!!

[@cloudfloat4179]

Go create your own documentary...

[@thebomb252]

Are you acoustic? Little autism boy

[@jensheahan7522]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️what an interesting video that youtube had playing for me when i woke up.

[@tracynorris5012]

Absolutely Awesome!! Kill the bloody music, please 😢

[@jorad4887]

I never heard of any complaints from the chines e everywhere around the world, they just out grind their competitors, RESPECT!

[@matheenarif8645]

And it is taking a toll on them, they work 9-9-6 , 9 AM - 9 PM 6 days a week. And that is expected from all Chinese people. Slavery my friend, even Korean and Japanese dedicate their life to their job. Now, no country can compete with that. Ever wonder why so many Chinese are escaping to US or Europe? because they want to avoid this. Chinese population is in a free-fall now.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

Flooding the market with shit quality products is not grinding out the competition How moronic

[@jorad4887]

@@CantHandleThisCanYa it's strategy, they're beating us up and we got to do better to compete with them what you just gave is excuses, yes they're over saturating the market because other countries are putting tariffs on them, never start a fight you can't win remember that rookie

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

@@jorad4887except the fight is being won every day Thousands of manufacturers have shut down in china. Export volume has crashed. High tech companies have moved out already. Cry about tariffs as much as you want but the decoupling is already well underway, and china is screwed. Google local government debt and hidden debt in china lmfao

[@BrianEck-rp2nk]

@@jorad4887 Honest, Hard Work is the Great Provider of "Stamina-To-Wait-Out" The "Long-Arc-Of-God's-JUSTICE-CORECTION-SYSTEM"¡!¡(__)¡!¡...

[@rollyherrera623]

A very, well done documentary! Just scribed! Addicting...No pun intended!

[@Lovin_It]

2:10:40 I'm not so sure the professor is correct. My recollection of two sources suggest that the Chinese did know about steam engines, certainly before the British thought that they did. Also, toy engines, three civilizations had them, the Chinese, the Greeks, and the Minoans. So I recollect, let me check. Some sources? Joseph Needham, Robert Temple.

[@michaelpatrick3859]

So silver is a gateway drug???

[@alexboros1751]

Gold fever

[@KarlRove-vk7gg]

Yes it is.

[@sabinereynaudsf]

Why does the docu say trade in silver existed thanks to China.

[@mehdiz1052]

Only someone on drugs could get such an epiphany

[@Joyful_Smiles]

No free trade and privatization is.

[@lupemerrit]

Read the comments… they go a long way in describing our current situation. History is treated like a comic book series. Sad!

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Excellent comment 👍

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Excellent comment 👍

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Well said 👍

[@acuteangle5237]

Superb documentary Worst sound effects no need at all

[@omarrodriguez7449]

What movie were the clips from?

[@Faretheewell608]

Is it 55 Days in Peking (1966)

[@willyD200]

I think the word "Tael" was used as a certain measure/ weight of silver. Curious about the actual amount/ weight it represented , is there a equivalence with grams or ounces ?

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Depending on which historic era you are talking about, weight standard changes over time. 1 tael equalled roughly 37 grams in Qing dynasty. In modern day, mainland China has adapted the tael to the metric system, so 1 tael equals 50g, whereas in Hong Kong they still used measurement similar to the Qing dynasty, but not exactly the same, and 1 tael equals 37.7g. Taiwan, aka Republic of China, uses 37.5g, which is also similar to Qing tael, but not exactly.

[@OrchidForce]

How accurate and truthful are such documentaries ? I can only saw these stir up animosity among race and countries. To be avoided.

[@nhlakaniphombatha5769]

No it’s true the British are the world’s thieves 😢

[@Alice-go2nc]

Lol why click on a history video if you don’t want to learn about history… I mean I think the hope is to learn from the lessons of history not just pretend nothing bad ever happened

[@troycambo]

Wokeness enters the chat..

[@R4x0]

Quite accurate, only holding back on the scale at certain junctures.

[@jessicarichter6436]

The timeline is historically accurate minus the speakers personal opinions mixed in but your right instead of learning from history there’s always idiots online spewing hatred to innocent people now that aren’t responsible for the actions of dead strangers in the past.

[@freedomriding2558]

Fentynel.

[@kaiYWang]

❤❤❤ great documentary . How evil is the opium war !!!

[@gennarinabyrd1402]

I learned so cery much thank you 😊

[@Whosaids0]

Is there anywhere hearing and listening are definitively separated with respect to chronology?

[@AugustusOmega]

why would the "expert" confuse Russian involvement in the opium wars? "Imperial Russia was a participant of the Chinese Opium Wars, more specifically in the second war which occurred in 1856-1860. Russia played a role of mediator, being both an ally with Britain, France, and the United States and negotiator with the elites of the Qing dynasty." Wikipedia

[@vaibhavbhandari9839]

Not to be rood or anything, but is wikipedia really credible?

[@kristinheartknaan]

I learned SO MUCH from this documentary!!! Though this history is heartbreaking, China’s comeback is building a new bridge across the world’s divides, this time without naivete -yet with win-win fortitude! May the western world come to its own positive terms with hard lessons yet to be well learned.

[@618B]

Anything the British touched a long time ago turned into blood.

[@harveythompson1756]

..looks like its about to repeat that in Britain itself.

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Nope, it turned into shining cities.

[@Faretheewell608]

The land that gave us Shakespeare also gave us the stuff of nightmares.....opium, the Middle East, etc.

[@gladiammgtow4092]

@@Faretheewell608 Middle East started going downhill the day Islam was invented.

[@estherrayos]

It’s all a matter of how power corrupts and how different uses of “payment systems” have evolved what move that payment system and how it operates and evolves based on what is happing historically

[@DarrelLaBossiere]

Wow, that was good. We tend to think of ourselves as living in a unique time. We are clearly not unique.

[@pennymink5706]

Remember history

[@junefield5420]

That was EPIC

[@trungngo8400]

Very well done documentary

[@cjyoung4080]

luxury items has replaced as the modern day opium

[@launiesoult3248]

You have no idea my fry😅p

[@garlickebagg]

And Pedo-feed.

[@Jackson-uk8xx]

No. Fentynal has. China now floods the west with Fentynal & amphetamines or precursors. They didn't forget their "thousand years of shame "

[@margyrowland]

I’ve never heard about the Soong sisters’ brother before. Thanks

[@tombouie]

Enlightening

[@mondosci]

Absolutely excellent presentation of China's history, through the lens of silver as a socio-economic catalyst. It is with great sadness to note how much the current Chinese government seems so aggressively focused on expanding its geopolitical confrontations and intrigues.

[@sz5263]

What are you talking about? China doesn't have military bases all over the world. Chinese navy ships are not in Bay of Mexico. Which country instigate confrontations worldwide? Certainly not China.

[@catweasel5166]

Why the shit music? Tge documentary may be good but 2 minutes in and it’s unlistenable.

[@alanchappell414]

Brilliant documentary👌👌the mis- pronunciation of Tael as Teal is annoying👌👌

[@khalidalzayani7072]

Loved it

[@RohanRaj-w2v]

Now they are sending fentanyl in tons in return 😂 tit for tat😅

[@smokey2471]

Truest comment here

[@codzymajor]

Nice try. The US has been heavily self-medicated way before fentanyl. By the way fentanyl is prescribed unlike opium. But go on telling yourself that is the same if that helps you without mind-bending chemical induced escape.

[@pennymink5706]

Interesting

[@sunnybeaches1331]

Very good video! At present, in the USA, GOLD is $2670/Oz, while in Russia it is $500 per troy ounce. Fiat or PAPER currency in the USA Is supposed to be backed BY GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER and is Constitutionally protected. A great upheaval is going on right now, Worldwide! I would advise all young people reading this to try and understand the silver and gold, even Copper markets. Americans can OWN gold now. You should probably OWN some, IF YOU CAN. Wedding rings and things you are attached to shouldnt count. Buy a couple Troy ounces for the future. BTW, One troy ounce equals 31 grams, A Standard ounce is only 28 grams. Gold prices have ALWAYS equalled the price of FOOD. SO, in 1900, One oz = $20 Will equal one WAGON FULL of FOOD then. Today, One oz of gold =$2700, Which is STILL a TRUCK load of FOOD today! Does that make sense?😮❤

[@allanclell]

What they were doing was morally wrong… emperor was a good ruler for doing the hard thing and cracking down

[@vivianoosthuizen8990]

India should pay reparations to China for supplying the opium. Thank God that the taliban stopped the opium trade in Afghanistan

[@wenling3487]

It was imperial British empire’s fault, not India’s

[@vaibhavbhandari9839]

Oh yes. India was happily selling Opium. The British had no hand in it. They weren't controling India, no sir.

[@henryng9406]

Now that there is a drug epidemic in the west, it leads me to conclude I was wrong. There really is a God. What goes around, comes around.

[@618B]

In the olden days anything the British touched, turned into blood.

[@JS-fm4zy]

The western civ hate in this is subtle but deep. Why must we flip the board game when we're winning?

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Envy is a mind virus.

[@ResidualSelfImage]

In the early part of 19th century - The Chinese Empire had dismissed the opportunity to buy superior weaponry from the British Empire which the Japanese Empires took up. The smug and proud Manchurian Qing Dynasty was not even diplomatic with the British Envoy and went on to insult the British Empire - spoiling any possible favorable international deals in the future. The British Empire would prove that their weaponry was superior to Chinese weaponry in the Opium War I and II ... (and in the Boxer Rebellion too). Later on, the Japanese Empire used British weaponry to beat the Chinese Empire using British made warships in the First Sino Japanese War. Simply put -- Chinese pride goes before the Fall of the Chinese Empire. The British Navy had steel rifled artillery that was far superior to the Chinese bronze smooth bored artillery. Imperial China had ignored its domestic opium drug problem for decades before the Opium War - China's downfall was due to poor military leadership and corruption within the very top of the Manchurian dynasty which did not recognize and support the modernization of the Imperial Chinese Army and Imperial Chinese industrial military complex - after losing the Opium War I and II - the Manchurian Dynasty was unable to change course and upgrade and reform its military because the problems of incompetence, corruption, and poor military leadership occurred at the very top. By the 19th century, many Western nations had setup military academies to teach modern military science/technologies to create competent military leadership among a large pool of applicants -- replacing military leadership pooled from only nobles. Western nations had also invented more powerful explosives than gunpowder and smokeless gunpowder too. Chinese censorship on all things non-Chinese - made it difficult for China to monitor and keep up with international advancements in military science and technologies.

[@codzymajor]

It is hard to understand people who don't see the use of violence as a viable solution to solve trade problems. It is rather hard warming to see that the Chinese Emperor didn't behave like the Japanese who was only too glad to get militarized with the British's trade of killing machines, and incidentally did invade China just like the rest of the European countries.

[@Gbchatter]

global trade did not begin in European consciousness. it has been happening from the beginning of time. what happen for the spanish is that they had attained some considered valiable by the known civilization of the time

[@stuart5107]

Absolutely amazing documentary. Extremely educational. The Brits up to no good as per usual.

[@garlickebagg]

And they are not the only ones.

[@stuart5107]

@garlickebagg Certainly not, but they were the main protagonists.

[@smroog]

Empires are all the same through the ages. Run by bureaucratic bullies one and all. Love of and need for POWER !!! Some people will do anything for POWER !!!! Tough for some people to accept who and what they really are. Killing the competition is not winning the contest.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

Thanks for letting us know that you have absolutely no idea what violence the Chinese did for over 2000 years to their neighbors like the Vietnamese the Cambodians and the Laotians

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

@stuart5107 nope, they're just open about their history. Everyone else hides theirs.

[@prettypurple7175]

NO! IT'S OPIUM////DAVID SASSOON////JOHN ASTOR////MATTHEWSON///JARDIN////

[@deborahdean8867]

All jews or just sassoon?

[@Valhalla88888]

HSBC also

[@Valhalla88888]

​@@deborahdean8867Jardine Matheson and HSBC are from Hong Kong via Scotland 😂

[@deborahdean8867]

@@Valhalla88888 what's HSBC . And look up Sassoon for the history. They apparently were the main opium importers to china. More Jewish merchant dealings.

[@willyD200]

China has justifiable reasons for a long bitter memory.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

There's a reason why drug crime is punished very severely in China. But by extent, also very severely, if not more so, in Singapore. The Chinese were literally the victim of the opium trade, and Singapore was a product of that. To the Chinese, it's serves as a motivating warning from history, to Singapore, it serves as a cautionary tale that's very close to home, as many are ethnic Chinese.

[@geemooney2229]

Oh this content is rich! 🤑

[@victoriajade521]

WOW…. This documentary is being censored

[@AugustusOmega]

What "pouch" did the Emperor Quinlong give the "precocious English boy" who spoke Cantonese? Perhaps a Eunuchs testicular bad keepsake? They were known in those days not just in China, but used as tobacco pouches from high school history. Gday Miss Royce !

[@gloriosatierra]

"The Yellow Emperor gained the power of earth, and a yellow dragon and an earthworm appeared. The Xia gained the power of wood, and a green dragon appeared: and grass and trees grew luxuriantly. The Shang gained the power of metal: and silver flowed forth out of the mountains." Sima Qian, Historical Records (c. 100 BC) We can infer that China had either exhausted all of their silver, or China did not want to dig anymore. Nonetheless, silver has been an important metal long before Potosi was created. 🕯📜✍️🏼

[@allanclell]

And all emperor was tryingto do was kick the drug dealer out… wow.. so thats how they got the lease on HK.. bloody despicable

[@yikinkahnkawil7658]

History repeats itself. Now it’s the anglos who will go through 100 years of humiliation.

[@orlandogivens4779]

What goes around comes around...🤔

[@allanclell]

They helped us here in Australia too in the initial days we all worked together with Irish ( my ancestors) italians and British to build the wonderful place we have.. im wont leave the Indigenous Australian people out , they worked and fought wars with us. China … i have no problem with

[@em578578]

Very good and interesting documentry! Shame that the overall thesis for a good chunk of it seemed to be that china's greed for silver led to the opium wars though- if I show up to a store with stuff and they say "sorry we don't take that but we do take X currency", it's not greedy and they're not under obligation to take my stuff in trade anyways

[@toribabe1000]

This documentary shows the jealousy of some people

[@StephanieVaughan-tf9ug]

Gold is prettier than silver for sure 💯

[@smokey2471]

I disagree but each to their own

[@mboyer68]

Regarding the beginning of global trade, only the Europeans were looking to cross oceans and go from one foreign port to another foreign port looking for trade deals to make money. Europeans were definitely the most courageous and daring with exploring and mapping and understanding the world. Other nations would trade with their neighbors, but they wouldn't go on 3 year voyages and return home wealthy, or with a load of goods to make them wealthy, then turn around and do it again.

[@antoniolima1068]

you mean Portuguese.

[@allanclell]

The world has treated these people so badly over time now here we are 2024. They have next level technology, nuclear weapons. And over s billion citizens… god help us if they try retribution.. they’ve got to stop poking the panda… work with them. Just worry about our own respective sovereignty. Maybe they’ll work with us snd hopefully not require retribution. Id rather be friends.

[@eyes2338]

The Thriller in Manilla.

[@robertguildford]

Honestly, where there is a demand, there is always someone ready to supply or trade. The Chinese had been using opium for centuries before.

[@Jindinhackerhelp]

The difference is when the emperor tried to forbid it then the British used the military to open China up. Like how you British guys still doing today

[@nadeemshafi9281]

Yeh it’s the silver not the skill of the people - we are so stupid

[@JoseR.L-b5g]

Just like platinum is gold to us mexikans

[@JJ-zd5uj]

You mean tortillas

[@lynnloww]

@@JJ-zd5ujlololol

[@lynnloww]

You’re missing the point…. Platinum cost more than gold everywhere. Use your brain

[@fosterkennel649]

The viewers of this so-called documentary might like to look into the Sassoon family of China. You want to talk about power look into it blessings

[@fellsmoke]

Can't stand or listen to the incessant annoying music...

[@vivianoosthuizen8990]

This is the most disturbing to learn how low a human being will sunk and not for anything other than money. So extremely sad that some mothers failed their duty to humanity and not taught their children what being human should be. The fact that an entire nation of people went with this apart from the slave trade and the wars and the genocides of so many leaders what can I do to reconcile this with what my mother taught me.

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

Don't blame Moms !!

[@santander6317]

This is an old program re re re done

[@williamr1499]

Really wish you would voice over all of the foreign non-English parts

[@ybet1000]

opium was legal in england at the time

[@426mak]

then don't send it to China

[@garlickebagg]

And in america too.

[@deborahdean8867]

But the guy who monopolized the trade wasnt british, he was a JEW from Baghdad. Sassoon was his name.

[@millicentgranger6035]

​@@deborahdean8867obsessed comes to mind

[@Tony-l2e]

​@@426mak The Chinese people wanted it.... nobody was forcing them to take it 🤷

[@russellmcdonald1964]

The Emperor of China was powerful over China, not the rest of the world. Opium was widely used on a moderate level before the East India Company industrialized its export to China. It was the East India Company more than the British Government that propagated the Opium Trade to China; when Matheson eventually retired and took up his place in the British Parliament, Benjamin Disraeli would not speak to him, he viewed the man with such distain. Throughout China, there was an active network of Chinese smugglers who benefited from and encouraged the opium trade.

[@gingyberrie]

i want some

[@GoodGuy-rm8wx]

Everyone wins, well, we will

[@QiFs-QuiteInterestingFacts]

why dont we teach this ..me.. being half spanish(Spain, not South America) , half british is difficult.

[@vga-t7m]

both the great empires of chaina n india had gone into decline and by the time invaders from the mideast n the west reached their shores had already become very dilapidated. and throwing on the last invaders is not going to help. propagate without using the blame game.

[@millicentgranger6035]

?? It's history doofus , whu watch history if you dont want the truth

[@ebenezer6844]

They weren't finished detoxing from years of addiction.

[@adam68756]

india never great in history

[@adam68756]

Before the arrival of the British, India was not a country but a continent of hundreds of tribes, much like Africa is now The British unified India and brought civilization to Indian