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HSBC was founded on the drug trade. Why should anybody be remotely surprised?
by scruffyherder 6y ago
HSBC was founded on the drug trade. Why should anybody be remotely surprised?
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoI didn't know this. Could you clarify?
- nkurz 6y agoHSBC started as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and its founders were intimately involved in the opium trade. This article seems reasonably neutral and historically accurate: https://mondediplo.com/2010/02/04hsbc https://mondediplo.com/2010/02/04hsbc.