The First and Second Opium wars were two conflicts that took place in the 19th century between the British Empire and China regarding the control of the opium trade.
<u>UK used smuggling techniques</u>, in order to introduce illegaly large quantities of opium in China. In fact, UK ended up becoming the major supplier in Chinese territories through these techniques. These conflicts weakened the Qing's dinasty that had to direct their trade to different territories after the confrontation.
The People's Republic of Albania became dependent on Soviet aid after it's breakup with Yugoslavia in 1948. It was a member of the communist bloc for some time, but it was no longer aligned with the Soviet Union after 1960, standing with the People's Republic of China and opposing Moscow on some issues.
