The Qing Government finally made a resolute decision and dispatched Lin Zexu, Governor-General of Hubei and Hunan, to ban opium smoking and the opium trade in Guangdong.
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China, opium and racial capitalism: Amitav Ghosh on the roots of a deadly businessIn his latest book, "Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories ... You’ve drawn parallels between the Chinese opium crisis and the American opioid crisis. The British blamed the Chinese ...
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