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I didn't know this. Could you clarify?
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
I 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.