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jolli1 [7]
3 years ago
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Why did the East India company sell opium to China?

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Dmitrij [34]3 years ago
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Answer:

In order to stop the flow of silver out of Britain to pay for Chinese tea; Indian opium (Papaver Somniferum) grown in Bengal under the control of the British East India Company, was sold illegally through of a series of middlemen to the Cantonese Cohongs (Chinese trading companies).

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