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mywittyname 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The rise of the U.S., the rise of China

They also fought the Opium Wars over tea (well, trade imbalances resulting from the tea trade).

ywvcbk 6 months ago [–]

To be fair it’s not like the Chinese were unwilling to buy western goods (not just opium) it’s just that the ultra mercantilist Qing government didn’t allow them to..

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