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Demand for opium was on the upswing in China before the British entered the trade. The British did not have a power to manufacture demand in China and in fact
by solidsnack9000 6y ago
Demand for opium was on the upswing in China before the British entered the trade.
The British did not have a power to manufacture demand in China and in fact could not place personnel in China. British opium was smuggled into China by Chinese merchants.
- clairity 6y agoagain, all assertion, no rationale. besides, the british didn't need to be in the interior of china en masse to induce demand.
- solidsnack9000 6y agoI don't have a rationale for the increasing demand for opium in the 1700s -- I don't know why it was increasing -- but it is well documented.