Did you mean: How would a Chinese merchant might support or condemn the opium trade. What is the Historical perspective and their position on the opium trade?
Opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West.
After WWI, they actually didn't join the League of Nations, which is a reason it fell apart. The answer is D) Isolationist in its diplomatic and political relations.
