@@CoiboiXD Do druglords personally sell the drugs to the users? Nope. "Those persons" were under the Queen's order to get the chinese people high in order to exploit them.
Technically it was the publicly owned British East India Company that began the opium trade and the British parliament that decided to enforce it militarily. I don't think that the British Monarch still had much governance over foreign trade at that time.
In colonial Hong Kong, the Opium Wars were taught in school as The First and Second Anglo Chinese War and the emphases were placed on trade deficit and the stubbornness of the Qing government not dancing to the tune of the British. Opium? What opium? Hush hush.
That's not an entirely unfair portrayal of the Opium wars. At least the first. The British government wasn't really interested in going to war over the opium trade, one which contrary to what this video might indicate they did not involve themselves in. The reason they did go to war after the actions of Lin Zexu in Canton was not because they wanted to preserve the opium trade, but because of the actions of the British superintendent in Canton which might have made the British government liable to pay compensation to the opium smugglers for the confiscated opium. Not wanting to foot this bill they instead wanted to have the Qing pay for it. There is a reason that after winning the war that the British didn't even press for the legalisation of opium in the subsequent treaty.
A few years back, There was a high school teacher in Hong Kong teaching history to his class and he said opium wars was Britain trying to stop China from using opium, to high school kids, good thing it was during covid so the class were done online and parents saw that, that sorry excuse is nolonger a teacher, but scary how many kids he had already taught the complete wrong history to, and how many he would have continued to if the class wasn’t done online and parents saw that
@@blitcut9712it was more it was China’s fault for not modernizing, the British were just forcing this very good thing dot “help” China, kinda like how America nowadays tries to force their “democracy” down everyone else’s countries and leaving those countries in ruins
It is true, I grew up in Hong Kong but it was during university in Canada, a white guy, my roommate, taught me what the opium wars were, basically I was never taught during all those years in Hong Kong , those lessons probably don’t pass teaching curriculums
Don't forget the Americans were in this also. They rerouted opium from Turkey and made a fortune. Lots of east coast universities such as Yale was funded by opium money
@@Madmaxxxx1984 So when is the Chinese government going to get Karma for allowing the trade in the 1st place and being perfectly okay with it, until the balance of payments started favouring Britain.You people have no clue about anything,you cannot do basic critical reasoning and assume things like this, e.g. "Karma", which make no sense whatsoever
(Copium Wars of 2030 destroyed all… laid waste to the land and uprooted any sense of peace among the people… but hope is the great motivator.) 2080: Hopium
Is it audacity though? I mean a country can invade another just because it says they have weapon of mass destruction with zero proofs, and then take their oil, so in comparison, is it really that much of an audacity?
@@siamcharm7904 STOP LYING, THATS NOT THE HISTORY LOL. ITS A ANTI BRITISH NARRATIVE, GO READ HISTORICAL BOOKS , WHOIS PUSHING FENTANYL NOW CHINA IS, AND KILLING IN ONE YEAR MORE THAN IN THE ENTIRE OPIUM HISTORY OF CHINA. ILLEGALLY, OPIUM BACK THEN WAS TRADED IN ALL COUNTRIES CHINESE SMOKED IT FIRST IN PIPES, CENTURIES BEFORE BRITISH, ARABS TRADED IT, AND STARTED PLANTS IN INDIA THEN TRADED WITH CHINA. IT WAS BANNED BECAUSE ONLY EMPERORS WERE ALLOWED TO USE IT. GO TO SCHOOL AND STOP SPREADING ANTI WHITE HATE LIES. LIKE A NATION IS THAT WEAK A SHIP CAN FORCE THEM ALL ON TO OPIUM LOL, YOU WERE DOING IT FIRST BUT WHY YOU GET ADDICTED, NO OTHER COUNTRY DID AND WE ALL HAD OPIUM TRADED, WE DIDNT ABUSE IT,
I lived in Ghazipur in the 1950s and 60s where world's largest Opium and Alkaloids factory..established by the British in 1815...it was a big source of opium.
A few years back, There was a high school teacher in Hong Kong teaching history to his class and he said opium wars was Britain trying to stop China from using opium, to high school kids. good thing it was during covid so the class were done online and parents saw that, that sorry excuse is nolonger a teacher, but scary how many kids he had already taught the complete wrong history to, and how many he would have continued to if the class wasn’t done online and parents saw that
O, yeah. We have a same problem in ex Yugoslav countries, history books written by Ger, EU, teaching kids complete nonsense. Got to even calling janissaries the way for young boys to climb up social ladders. Imagine explaining to kids Ottomans were actually the good guys, there was no blood tax, just helping kids and parents :) not to start on western side of history nonsense. Serbs are to blame being constantly invaded, raided, and we are almost at "Hitler was just a misunderstood painter". They call Sabbatai Zevi "misunderstood" soul now, his grave a tourist attraction, and until recently they were hiding it like a snake hides its legs, all knew he was a maniac, kicked out with his following to Alba, by both Turks and J€ws. Enough time passed, they can spew whatever they want now
It's the first time I hear Canton pronounced like Princeton for the second half 'ton'. In Hong Kong it was always Can-ton with ton rhyming with 'on'. The British merchants continued to sell opium in Hong Kong after it colonized it for many years.
He also says China *used to* call itself the middle kingdom, but it actually still calls itself that. 中国 is Chinese for China, with 中 meaning middle and 国 meaning kingdom/country
@@mli3083 Possibly the term carries different implications or meanings in ancient times when China controlled or had strong influence on surrounding smaller kindoms compared to modern times.
The British company that sold opium Jardine Matheson still trades in Hong Kong today and has turned to a giant company trading in other areas. Some of the streets in the busy shopping district in Causeway Bay are named after Jardine, Matheson and Yee Wo (as Jardine company is now called locally). The company is no longer held by Jardine family but the Keswick family and registered abroad. Belilios, chairman of HSBC, is said to have traded opium in Hong Kong towards the end of the 19th century and founded the Belilios Girls School which still exists today. He built a large villa called The Eyrie with a garden and pavillion right on top of the peak.
good video, but could have gone into how the KMT after they lost the civil war went on to become the largest drugpushers you have never heard of: the golden triangle with support of the CIA
HEY! Why is the Outer Manchuria in the video no longer within the territory of the Qing Dynasty? Clearly, it still belonged to the Qing Dynasty at that time
@@archiemochi The Brits back then, also did one hell of a lot of good in the world, e.g., forcibly ending the slave trade amongst all countries and policing all of the seas, for nearly a century,, despite blanket opposition from all other nations, except eventually France and the USA. There was more than one use for steam powered gunboats to enforce a very positive thing of the world, just like a very negative thing was done in this example
It's funny to see these kind of video to cover all the pain of Chinese by some simple words, no justice, no guilt, no condemn. Okay, just enjoy the Fentanyl everyday, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, it's time to repay. LOL
Well done and thanks --- to emphasize a little ... not to mention that the Brits at the time were really into tea from China. So they used what is now India to grow drugs to ship to the Chinese, whether they wanted them or not. They might have made more money if they had grown tea in India? My guess is that they, at the time, were out for colonies. Have we seen anything like that before or since, how about just the other day? More of the same.
@FannyBasher9000 Well for starters I am not Chinese but Austrian our Crimes are well recorded and discussed and still only a small fractions compared to the Genocides and Crimes committed by little Britain 😉
@FannyBasher9000 Not denying that Austria woiuld have been easy defeated heck they been kicked out by tiny Serbia several times. But lets be clear without France so Germany against the UK the result would be British defeat in WW1
I experience this crazy thing sometimes where people tell me the USA is evil because of what has happened in the past and we need to be more like European countries. Then I start sharing some history and they get really mad at me.
I guess most people say things like that because of European countries have generally 'grown up' and now having a lot of historical introspection instead of continuing the Imperialistic status quo. The countries of Europe are no longer a super power or global hegemony, so it's much easier to self reflect and go forth with the goal in mind of peaceful coexistence on the global stage, and to improve the lives of citizens instead of grabbing or maintaining land mass. The UK for example, gave up quite a lot of it's runaway empire peacefully without war. European school classes teach the slave trade and about history of racism or gender opportunities. European countries are quick to enact strict standards/regulation/laws against global corporations like tech, whilst USA hesitated because they don't want to clip their large influence on the global stage. Their tech companies and arms industry are global titans. Historically the USA is probably no less evil than the countries of Europe in the past, or of other countries across the world. But because USA is a superpower still, I feel as perhaps many do, that it won't relinquish that dominance or global hegemony easily. It's cultural identity is so imbedded with problematic ideas, that it feels attacked when the issue around gun violence, national healthcare, or creaking endgame of capitalism arise. So to sum up my thoughts, I don't think it's necessarily that USA was evil in the past and Europe was not, because that's not the case as you pointed out. I think that's it's more that both were evil, but Europe is currently looking forward whilst USA is perpetually stuck in the past. Instead of pushing Opium, the USA is now stuck pushing democracy, capitalism, and it's idealism whether countries even want it pushed on them or not.
But you're both one empire that is equally evil on the grounds that you all did the same thing. You participated in the refined opium trade, armed hitler, etc and they participated in your many genocides.
@@yaelz6043 Well, you have to give the Phrase with the criticism then, because Europeans are also responsible for Most of what people value in the "Modern" world.For example, the Brits had the 1st modern free structures emancipated entire groups of people, who had 0 power or standard of living before the 1700's, which is when it 1st started. The parliamentary structure and English civil and human rights legislation were adapted in the USA and all over continental Europe and then in all countries with people having a decent standard of living throughout the world now e.g., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan.The only exception to that right now is China, and we have yet to see how they will fare, having total autocratic structures, but only having industrialised in the last 30 years, whilst they have entire generations of people missing due to their rapidity of moving from agricultural society to an industrial one so quickly. *Also, there would be no automated or fuel based technology in the world without European Innovations, and particularly from the Brit's who did consultations, in return for money, to transfer the skills to other foreign nationals in the early 1800's
@@Rowlph8888 literally all lies. But let's go over it. Britain was responsible for most of the world's slavery. Meanwhile the nations you hate, Russia, China and Iran have typically been against it. Especially Russia which literally never had it in all of history. Britain's industrial revolution and parliamentary system it led to destroyed Europe's standards of living for over a century. They went from eating meat weekly or daily to de facto slavery. And that's just western Europeans. Colonialism just exported out right slavery with several billion dead to European (mostly british) imperialism. The only time the english world raised standards for anyone was in the few places you mentioned during the cold war. This is now being reversed, you've seen the inflation and collapse in these places. As for technology it's all Chinese or Slavic, the west simply used gunpowder, electricity and combustion for imperialism. You didn't "consult for money" either, you invaded literally every nation on earth, killed a quarter of the population and pretended that the railways you put up were helping the locals despite the fact that they were used exclusively to move stolen resources. To;dr you're a psychotic liar who knows nothing and need psychological help.
Very informative. I always wondered why Hong Kong was given back by the British... it's because of British guilt! Also makes sense why the CCP is so bent on stealing western technology through coercive business tactics... to them they don't wanna be bullied anymore. I'm saying this as an American Taiwanese observer of all the recent conflicts... this is fascinating and sad. The dark history of colonialization and shady trade practices have led to so many lives lost.
every problem of china traces back to britian colonialism and tsarist russia, china or at least modern china, lost over 40% of its land to russia, and both britain and russia commited numerous genocides over the years, yet the absolute brainwashed cucks by the western media, still hate japan, that originally wanted to save china from western powers lmao, honestly japan is basicly an amerimutt puppet. so this probably justifies most of the vivification today from korea or china. but majority of japanese are apolitical so its kinda a sad progression. the japanese will be forced to fight china by its puppet master USA sooner or later.
The British had to return Hong Kong to China because the 99-year lease for the New Territories and the northern side of Kowloon would expire in 1997. Britain initially wanted to extend the lease but Deng Xiaoping just wanted to take back all of Hong Kong. It was not because the British felt guilty. Without the NT and the northern part of Kowloon the rest of Hong Kong simply cannot survive.
Russia also invaded China in Qing dynasty，China ceded large piece of land to China, and it is never returned because Chinese Communist party near dare to ask Russia to return
The drug problem has always been European own problem. Europeans/Jews tried to drug Asians years ago. Jews were big opium traders in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In the 18th century, China enjoyed a favorable trade balance with Great Britain: exporting porcelain, silk, and tea in exchange for silver. This trade, on the contrary, was not balanced on the side of Britain, as millions of pounds of silver were flowing out of the British Empire and into China, forcing it to seek ways to counter-trade, and then they did: Opium. in the late 18 century the cultivation of opium and British territories and Bengals was expanded and Britain started exporting opium from British controlled India to China by the early 19th century the recreational use of opium skyrocketed followed by an addiction crisis in serious social and economic disruption in China a ban on both the production and the importation of opium was attempted and an 1813 smoking opium was outlawed
While the UK people are pointing fingers to China for whatever they think is wrong... They forgot what their ancestors did. You can never argue with pirates
Well I think it is justifiable to call out the Chinese for holding people of particular ethnic groups in concentration camps. If Britain was doing that I would expect them to be called out on it.
UK people are doing nothing of the sort - Stop talking bollocks.They are not responsible for what the stupid Tory government propagates.They also not responsible for what a completely different group of ppeople did in a imperialistic age. 200 years ago GROW UP!
@@CB-fz3liplease show proof that China is holding certain groups in concentration camps. None of the testimonies and pictures were showing anything but buildings. Don’t just spread info as if they’re proven facts. Accusation only is accusation unless you can prove it. Go to Xinjiang and see it for yourself.
@@CB-fz3liThat’s the reason why I dislike media.They choose to tell ridiculous lies instead of reality or facts.Have you been to Xinjiang where foreigners are allowed traveling?Do you know most muslin countries share different opinions from UK
The video is actually right about the term here. The city had been called "北京" since the Ming Dynasty, for it was literally the "Capital in the North." The more formal name was "京师" or "顺天府京师," but "北京" was what people had been using. The name had been carried over during the Qing Dynasty and the early-Republican era until 1928 when the KMT took the city and changed the name to "北平." In 1937, the Japanese invading force captured the city and changed the name back to "北京, which was never recognized by the Republican government of course. So the official name of the city was still "北平" until 1949.
Professional presentation - ones like this keep me watching the different vids uploaders put up of the same story. A Japan style MEIJI style restoration would save China.
How many parallels can we draw to events right now today from this?! Superior Military Technology will usually win the day. The most corrupt will usually win and profit immensely! And who has the streets overflowing with addicts today?! I guess our number one is a 'Drug Lord'? We loaded the cargo planes in Northern Laos with the Opium Crop bound for refinement in France on the day Nixon proclaimed all out war on heroin dealers in all the major US cities, forgetting to tell us all that as commander in chief of the armed forces he was therefore the number one global heroin dealer! We saw it with our own eyes and laughed our asses off at the absurdity of it all.
The 13 original states were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The 13 original states were the first 13 British colonies.
You seem to have made quite a few errors with your maps. I note others comments on the inaccuracies of your maps of their home countries. Please note while Ireland was brutally colonized by Britain it is not part of Britain as you have labeled it in your map of Britain.
@@unchCrunch his map was of the UK which Ireland was absolutely a part of at the time. How does colonialism relate to this? Yes, Ireland was colonised but the map is still accurate.
Does anybody know and could explain why China had a disproportionate number of opium addicts compared to for example India, or any other country of the world? Its not like opium could not be either officially shipped to India, or smuggled there. Why wasn't the same problem as prominent in any other asian country? I don't mean to ask for guesses. Does anyone know the actual reason why based on what you read somewhere?
I'm guessing it's because Chinese people was wealthy enough to afford opium, and there were significantly more people in China than any other countries (minus India) so the problem seemed more prominent there. But then, was China the only country with serious opium addiction? I really have no idea.
Huge population = huge problem. This applies to all possible problems. China then had an even larger share of the world's population. You can understand why the British were willing to go to war over trade access. India was already a British colony, so Indians could do nothing to ban opium
