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> Bonus question: what did the U.S. give to China in exchange for its china?) Anyone know? Suggested here are gold/silver bullion/coinage, unsurprisingly. Fur
by c54 5y ago
> Bonus question: what did the U.S. give to China in exchange for its china?)
Anyone know?
Suggested here are gold/silver bullion/coinage, unsurprisingly. Furs and sealskins. And probably a lot of opium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_China_Trade#Finding_mediums_of_exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_China_Trade#Finding_medium...
- cushychicken 5y agoI'd guess cotton, sugar, or molasses.
- mellavora 5y agoopium
- sudosysgen 5y agoSilver that the Chinese would buy Opium from the UK for is a big one. Without the opium they'd have a surplus of silver/gold hence the Opium Wars.
- throwaway4220 5y agoHe answers it as fur
- amir 5y agoIt's answered in the article: the answer to the question I posed above about what the U.S. traded to China in the 19th century is "fur"