Fascinating to learn how Lin Zexu waged his war on drugs. He threw drug users in to rehab and put the traders in jail instead. How bout that now.

@abcdaw22

5 жыл бұрын

@@ordinarychef no they dont. The Government brings the drugs into the country.

@ankyfire

4 жыл бұрын

Funny how he had this solution all those years ago and yet USA still doesn’t

@chrismain7472

4 жыл бұрын

Consider the different goals. If what you really need is slave labor and profit, you enslave the addicts and tax the dealers.

@maggiemeng7567

4 жыл бұрын

giorno giovanna intensifies

@jackmccoy7435

4 жыл бұрын

thewingedcroc Ronald Reagan would of loved Lin Zexu

I've heard many stereotypes about how the English love their tea. I had no idea they were so understated.

@Grumplebumple

5 жыл бұрын

Super duper late but having tried a proper cup of British tea I can understand the high demand. That stuff is so good

@adam-uy6qg

4 жыл бұрын

@@Grumplebumple Hope you tried yorkshire tea, thats the best.

@jatovic3542

4 жыл бұрын

adam spiffing Brit is that you

@Samthebritishgent

4 жыл бұрын

adam I agree being a Brit Yorkshire tea is the best despite what Tetly says

@tylermech66

4 жыл бұрын

@@adam-uy6qg I've had a fair few cups, I vastly prefer Twinings Earl Grey (though i am open to other options)

When your tea addiction is so bad that you become a global drug dealer to feed your tea habit

@user-ti8ry4uu7k

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy Garrett what’s wrong with that?

@christophercranefield

4 жыл бұрын

I cant see the problem

@flyingspinners1

4 жыл бұрын

And your colonisation habits

@U-V-H

4 жыл бұрын

SpudFellow selling drugs to feed an addiction.

@dirtydan4661

4 жыл бұрын

STONKS

"Being the *Honorable* east India company, they would never do that!" [pause] "ok, yes they would"

@CC-tl3zs

2 жыл бұрын

We snuck the “Honorable” in there to bamboozle people

there is always that one mediator who always tries their best to get a peaceful agreement but the two sides pride and stubbornness always get in the way. Captain Elliot was a good man from this story and Lin Zexu is a man who was looking out for his people

@ecoideazventures6417

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for recognizing the role played by mediators! In fact if the Chinese had agreed to buy something the British had to offer, this whole war wouldnt have happened!

@luisfilipe2023

Жыл бұрын

More like looking out for himself. He didn’t understand The british empire is not something you mess with

@virusj216

11 ай бұрын

@@ecoideazventures6417 except trade is supposed to be well... trade! Both sides needed to see value in what each other brought to the table. If China doesn't see value in British goods, what gives the British authority to rob them of that free will?

@RainerTheGamer

7 ай бұрын

@@virusj216 precisely, countries dont actually have to take other countries' goods if they dont deem it good for the people

An entire Empire literally started slinging dope to satiate their mother trucking tea addiction. Reality is stranger and funnier than fiction.

@Amatsaru29

4 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons I like history.

@APersonOnYouTubeX

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amatsaru29 “History sucks, so boring” -salty ppl who failed a simple memory-logic subject “[insert all sorts of feckin info]”

@ChaseMcCain81

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lol.

@addust

2 жыл бұрын

*tea*

@Bloodlyshiva

2 жыл бұрын

@@APersonOnKZreadX It's because they never get told the interesting stuff, or are told it in a way that makes it uninteresting.

Three points to add (I teach history at a British University) 1. Many Chinese traders wanted opium...but not for its properties as a drug. Trading in silver was hard, while trading in copper meant carrying bulky, heavy, low value currency. Opium fell neatly in the middle for many: it was easy to carry, didn't spoil, and could easily be weighed and divided up into blocks of different values. Thus is had a value beyond addiction, increasing demand despite anti-consumption measures. 2. Lin Zexu's burning of the opium: The day he started (June 3) is now Anti-Smoking Day in Taiwan. The day he finished (June 26) is 26 June is now the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 3. The burning of the Opium was only partially effective - as Opium had flowed in, prices fell and some traders no longer looked to it for profits. When Lin Zexu burned the stockpiles, the price shot up, making it a more tempting commodity for many.

@AlexLangerak

5 жыл бұрын

was it somewhat a currency then ?

@redornament3248

5 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence.......

@stevenjiang6418

5 жыл бұрын

PavarottiAardvark z

@CrzyLion

5 жыл бұрын

I have a question after watching the video, might i ask you? Was opium useage legal in the UK at the time or was it only legal for people to do it in their eastern colonies?

@bahaykoofficial

5 жыл бұрын

lol. with your reasoning if someone have illegal drugs on hand... it is not for recreational use but as currency exchange.

They literally started an addiction to feed their addiction.

As a recovering addict. 8 yrs clean. I LOVE lin. He handles dealers as a crime and addicts as medical issue. This dude is centuries ahead of the world as ND it's awesome.

@kalkuttadrop6371

4 ай бұрын

It should be noted he used this as an opportunity to force the addicts into labor as part of their treatment, and to seize assets from the dealers for money. The end results were postive, but the motives were free labor and free goods

@IAmNotYourProblem

3 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your sobriety man, 8 years (now 9 I suppose) is amazing!

So... basically is like Breaking Bad. But with nations...

@azelfdaboi5265

5 жыл бұрын

Breaking Empires

@williamsledge3151

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome.

@azelfdaboi5265

5 жыл бұрын

I'd pay to watch that show

@Autobotmatt428

5 жыл бұрын

And Tea

@ducklinguini6029

5 жыл бұрын

Where’s the dam opuim india!

Inquiry : Was the incredible demand for tea in Britain in this pre-hygenic era possibly based on the fact it was 'healther' than the drinking water, because they boiled the water to make tea?

@rmsteutonic3686

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, maybe

@Berserker3624

Жыл бұрын

Mabye, or they just really like tea and were willing sell mass drugs to get it

@ichhamunshi3718

9 ай бұрын

Interesting question, were you able to find some information on it?

Pablo Escobar: I'm the greatest drug dealer that ever existed! El Chapo: No, I am! British Empire: Pfffff, amateurs...

I studied a bit of the Opium war at uni and would like to say that there are some discrepencies here. For one the amount of Opium siezed and burned is generally considered to be Comically overstated by the merchants. They knew that if they said more opium then they would get more cash from the government. These people were not "losing" the money either. They were not being compensated for the drugs they had brought into the country, but most of them were stinking rich anyway.

@Christopher-qq4dl

10 ай бұрын

Lol

This Opium War series is absolutely addicting! Y'all got any more of them Opium War episodes?

@spriteman1172

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@casnarrator4043

Жыл бұрын

@@spriteman1172 lolol

Opium in 1830-ish: Rated "E" for everyone Opium in 2019:

@nulolove

4 жыл бұрын

Unless your Chinese

The Opium wars: A British drinking problem causes debt, which in-turn causes them to start distributing drugs to unsavory peoples.

@mafiapenguin8537

5 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Grgas it was a war that caused all of the debt

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

5 жыл бұрын

Drinking problem, as in not drinking tea was a problem. All water had to be boiled to prevent diseases. So in practice, it was either tea, or beer. As in, once you are out of breastmilk, you start drinking beer.... thats a drinking problem.

Calling the East India Company Honorable is a joke

@alexioskomnenos9050

8 жыл бұрын

It's part of the name

@huidezhu7566

8 жыл бұрын

the name is a joke

@alexioskomnenos9050

8 жыл бұрын

Pak Huide Yes, but it was part of the official name of the company.

@GearyDigit

8 жыл бұрын

Hence why Dan's voice drips with sarcasm every time he says it.

@FallenEpic

8 жыл бұрын

As they said, it's in the name. It's like saying the "Democratic People's Republic" of Korea. The official name of North Korea despite it not being any of that.

I just realized that the acronym for the Honorable british East India Compay is HEIC (heckin' snake) and man thats funny

How can confiscation be illegal if opium is illegal?

@xavierreichel8254

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and how can theft be illegal if you steal from a murderer?

@srijayasalim3608

5 жыл бұрын

@@xavierreichel8254 no kidding kiddo it is not like the confiscation being done by LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY who make the law. What an apple to apple comparison.

@tosinakin2508

5 жыл бұрын

@@xavierreichel8254 I... don't think that works the same way. You might be thinking more of a medieval outlaw than a modern-day murderer.

@xavierreichel8254

5 жыл бұрын

Tosin Akin I don't see what the problem is, or the need for a distinction. Could you try to explain?

@irrelevant_noob

5 жыл бұрын

Xavier Reichel i don't think someone being a murderer would forfeit their rights of property...

The moral of the story, don't sell drugs kids.

@josephmarr4711

8 жыл бұрын

two kinds of people

@samw8120

8 жыл бұрын

Opium is not drug at least in the United Kingdom at that time.

@sertu1462

8 жыл бұрын

+Sam W It doesn't matter what it's considered as, it is a substance that is altering your mind and definetly is a drug, a very hard drug, even.

@samw8120

8 жыл бұрын

You cannot use modern standards to judge decisions from the past: Opium is considered a drug in UK after the sales skyrocketed in India.

@sertu1462

8 жыл бұрын

Sam W That's not what I'm trying to say; I do believe you that they maybe didn't define it or name it as a drug, but they propably were aware of the potential of addiction, for example. It has nothing to do with the time or culture you're living in, the effect is still the same: A rush and a possible addiction. For example; in our times, Medications and Alcohol are sometimes not considered as drugs, but an alcoholic or someone who's addictet to painkillers is a junkie, just like from any other drug, no matter what the culture says.

Last time I was this early, the EU didn't have 1GB of free space.

@labrynianrebel

8 жыл бұрын

They should have reformatted their hard drive when they had the chance.

@MrBigCookieCrumble

8 жыл бұрын

LOL

@MrBigCookieCrumble

8 жыл бұрын

Greoge 13 1GB, as in GigaByte (unit for meassuring memory in a hard-drive) but also short for Great Britain.

@mkvenner2

8 жыл бұрын

+Greoge 13 the English are being arse holes again

@phuyem

8 жыл бұрын

No wonder why a non native english speaker like me didn't get it

So... Anything about Wallpole?

@GeeNo_

8 жыл бұрын

All in due time.

@manband20

8 жыл бұрын

He was the Prime Minister when the war occurred :P

@mkvenner2

8 жыл бұрын

Probably involving the East India Company

@baltasarjimenez2091

8 жыл бұрын

About a hundred years too late for him to be directly involved, I'm afraid.

@manband20

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I read 1739 on the website by mistake. Oops :P

I love the part where Lin Zexu threw the opium addicts in jail to serve time for their.... Oh wait... REHABILITATION??!?!?!! What a silly idea 😂

@stephenjenkins7971

2 жыл бұрын

That actually might be a lie; personally I found no reference of Lin Zexu ever forcing people into rehabilitation; only arresting people and destroying opium.

"honorable"east india company Honor:😱😶🙈

I would say "And oh how little has changed," but at least in the 1790s they had an actual legitimate grievance against the drug trade.

@eoinharrington2692

8 жыл бұрын

and in the 1790s they also had a tendency to kill hundreds of people in Ireland, just because our annual rebellion was a bit bigger than usual

@Izandaia

8 жыл бұрын

The grievances against against Heroin and Cocaine aren't legitimate?

@obelix1996

8 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? The way I understand is that the chinese grievances were that - bloody hell! - it's a drug and that now our citizens spend their money buying that from smugglers which the government couldn't tax. Whereas nowadays it's like: OH HELL NO! IT'S A DRUG! Oh, and it's making the users poor while the smugglers get rich and there's a raise in criminal rates and whatnot... And uh yeah, that's not a real difference in legitimacy, is it?

@obelix1996

8 жыл бұрын

So are you applauding the chinese officials couple a hundred years before for making things worse?

@thedude5able

8 жыл бұрын

+Henri Grohn The way the Chinese understood it was that opium was causing massive addiction and making the populace unable to do ANYTHING productive. You can't have drug addicts who literally cannot work.

something tells me this affair won't end up well for the Chinese

@rjfaber1991

8 жыл бұрын

+Cao Mengde - While it is true that the First Opium War started the period known as the "Century of Humiliation", it does have to be mentioned that Qing China had started to collapse politically and economically well before the 1840s...

@reighfreuden6473

8 жыл бұрын

+Cao Mengde IMO it started declining after the Kangxi Emperor, though the Qianlong reign wasn't too terrible and was mostly just propping up the status quo and not much negative change, little fringes of corruption started getting nestled in during his reign that would eventually tear the empire apart. RIP China's last great dynasty, too bad they're now operating under the Communist dynasty with the Jinping emperor. Honestly the similarities between Dynastic China and the PRC is pretty stark, especially given the harsh bans on criticising the ruling elite and all of the cliques.

@user-em1sf3js9u

8 жыл бұрын

To an extent, the war led to a higher exposure of Western influence in China (they forced us to open up 5 trading ports, one of them became Shanghai), which kind of started our modernisation movement.

@YaminoSeigi

8 жыл бұрын

British may not intend it at first but their Opium war basically starts making China going downward spiral

So this is gonna sound weird but why was the action of Lin sezux considered an "illegal seizure of British goods"? The traders knew opium was illegal in China and Lin was an agent of the government so how can the seizure and destruction of explicitly illegal goods by the government be illegal itself?

@danielmitchell6940

25 күн бұрын

Because England said so.

I like the new direction you guys are taking with EH, with more focus on the politics and economical interrelations rather than war tactics. Great work!

This is by far my favorite Extra History series. I'm struggling to not cheer out loud when I see new episodes in my sub feed.

After the Brexit announcement the other day, I find this series to be very timely because the tea problem that helped to drive this piece of history still exists and is going to become a problem again over the course of the next few years.

@MasonMediaGroupWirral

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, brexit the other day seems so far in the past haha. Still buying my tea with ease lmfao

"Your country is 67,000 miles away from China. However, merchants who are seeking to increase their income come to do business here. China's wealth is solely in the interests of merchants. In other words, the wealth taken by merchants is only China's proper share. But what rights do they harm the Chinese people with poisonous drugs? I ask if the question is allowed. Where is your conscience?" in the letter of the written LZX

@dphalanx7465

9 ай бұрын

see *@hock41* above

Please do a video on Queen Min/Empress Myeongseong of Korea? The way she tried to make changes but continually struggled against people of power around her is just one of many things that makes her life so interesting (and frustrating.)

I'm sure this comment section is ripe with civil, intelligent discussion about the historical period presented to us and not an ounce of vitriol mustered against anyone within it.

as a Hong konger it's interesting to see the western view on opium War even though the facts match, it gives me different insight😃

El chapo: I'm the biggest drug cartel in the world! Britain: Hold my tea, mate

“Illegal seizure” of illegal drugs in a country that didn’t need nor wanted this problem?...wow

I love extra credits so much. I can see the effort you guys put into this thing and the outcome is just awesome

I still amazes me that flavoured hot water had such an impact on nations and overall history.

@comusrules1244

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the one about coffee, it’s crazy!

Hey! I appreciate what you guys do. Thanks for making stuff. Thanks for creating content!

The entire world could be completely different if British people just weren’t so addicted to tea.

@painvillegaming4119

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they would have conquered heaven if they weren’t so distract it with tea

British merchants holed up in an opium warehouse for a month and a half while the Chinese government tried to break in and raid the place. I would watch a movie about that.

@arthas640

4 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing a story from around this same time period where they holes up in a trading warehouse. The westerners were outnumbered 10p to 1 and still managed to survive with minimal causalities while the chinese took extremely heavy casualties since a bunch of the untrained conscripts just charged in with melee weapons and got some grapeshot from a cannon for their troubles

@painvillegaming4119

Жыл бұрын

@@arthas640 they didn’t learn anything from the pirate queen

Thank you for all your hard work on the series. Always stoked to see a new episode posted. BTW have any of the team read James Clavell's Asian Saga?

@TheBespectacledN00b

8 жыл бұрын

Who needs the Starks and Lannisters when you have the Strauns and the Brocks?

I had to read that letter to Queen Victoria in my highschool world history class. The basic arguement was "we would never do this to you, why are you doing this to us then?" in case anyone was wondering.

That sarcastical undertone everytime the *honorable* East India Company gets mentioned. :D

I find this fascinating, thanks for illuminating this topic.

I just love all the extra history videos.

2:53 I really appreciate that E for everyone. I never knew I was so interested in history. Thank you for these videos. New subscriber. Just create history courses like this for school lol.

British merchants: hey man can we buy some food? Qing: lmao no

Our teacher made us watch this video. Everyone loved it.

you guys are awesome..... you Deserve WAY more views and subs... Keep up the great work!

Thank you for the explanation, great job!

i love love love this channel. thank you for it, Extra Credits

So you're telling me the strict 'no tolerance' drug policy ended up resulting in massive loss of human life? Whaaaaaaaat?

@Izandaia

8 жыл бұрын

Well, at least he pushed rehab instead of jail for addicts.

@Democlis

8 жыл бұрын

plus the English empire was actually stimulating the increase of addicts, they were not jsut "supplying for existing ones", they were convincing people to consume the drug and become addicts. Nothing against those who want to use this shit, but they should surelly be prohibited from incentivising other to start consuming too.

@MrTrollaid

8 жыл бұрын

Well... TBH you can't compare opium to cannabis or even alcohol since I guess that's what your thinking about. That's a very, very potent drug and there are reasons why it's still forbidden in most countries. But it's true opium isn't a very well-known drug in the west, we mostly know it as... heroin. You see why they had a hard stance against it?

@MrBigCookieCrumble

8 жыл бұрын

Yupp, opium and heroin have very similar addictive qualities. Imagine if Russia or China today started selling mind-blowingly huge quantities of heroin through smugglers in the USA, THAT'S the reason the Chinese emperor and his ministers reacted the way they did, for a VEEEERY good reason!

@mralbum3256

8 жыл бұрын

Opium is a crude form of heroin, which is in turn a crude form of morphine if I remember right. Morphine has legit medical uses as a very strong painkiller, though even there the possibility of patients getting addicted to morphine exists. So it's not like the refined version of the drug is banned from all legit uses, the issue is that the drug is so strong that it shouldn't be used recreationally. If it was, we'd see a large portion of our population turn into hopeless addicts with no objective in their mind except to take more morphine/heroin/opium, much larger than what we see today. That's how powerful this stuff is. It should be extremely regulated for only medical use, as things are today.

Why are so many wars started by a single murder?

@TheIndogamer

6 жыл бұрын

Vengeance on that murder The vengeance for that revenge kill Vengeance for that revenge kill for the first revenge kill. Basically revenge caused it.

I've been waiting for the Opium Wars to come up for what feels like forever. I'm so excited!

i hope there will be more on this particular topic o.o I really liked it

I love how you describe them selling the Opium

Lin Zexu, we need you here, in Brasil!

1:46 "But when there's power and money to be had, it seems that honour isn't worth my spit" - Sir Robard of Talmberg

bro these are saving my life rn thank you so much !

I wish Extra History episodes comes out on a daily basis.Comment if you do too.

@jayden3814

8 жыл бұрын

I don't think they can work that fast. D:

@Elemental-Phoenix

8 жыл бұрын

no. That'd probably lead to the content being rushed and the animators would want to murder everyone.

@brodown64

8 жыл бұрын

Salahudin I aggre man

@keith3278

8 жыл бұрын

Quality should always win in a debate like this case we have here.

@khoatran-pc6tb

8 жыл бұрын

I want it too,but the thing that makes extra history is special that it comes out just once a week

I love all your shows on history and everything. I was wondering if you would do something on the United Irishmen rebellion. I really find the rebellion quite interesting.

This is great series so far

Love your videos. Cute and funny. The drawings are simple and nice. It is soo informative. Learning a lot about our history (love the side comments too) KUDOS TO YOU GUYS ❤

Always remember: the dutch V.O.C was even bigger then the east India company

I am a Hongkonger and I loved how you guys mentioned it in the description!! Keep up the good work guys!!

My grandfather said Lin Zexu is my ancestor and it is proven through my family's genealogy.

Great info as usual, I wish school had told us this...

Do the Three Kingdoms Era in China please

@JgarnO1

8 жыл бұрын

The three kingdoms period has been so heavily fictionalised that it would take a lot of time and effort to do an accurate Extra History of it

@RubberyCat

8 жыл бұрын

HeWhoWearsGlasses () Less than stellar? China isn't the culprits in this. I do agree that the Three Kingdoms Era should be covered as well, and I think it probably will.

@YaminoSeigi

8 жыл бұрын

Chinese warring states would be better, basically it was precursor to Sengoku Jidai

@user-em1sf3js9u

8 жыл бұрын

Way too complicated my friend.

United States is heavy breathing. Like this never happened again. EVER!

@Acre00

8 жыл бұрын

+Jenkins More like a mutually antagonist relationship.

@RubberyCat

8 жыл бұрын

Jenkins. *Same thing or No difference.

@Palora01

8 жыл бұрын

actually the same thing is happening in the US now, only in reverse, China is the biggest supplier of drugs to the USA

@andersonandrighi4539

8 жыл бұрын

+Palora so is the CIA. Helping to trafic narcotics to the US.

@RubberyCat

8 жыл бұрын

Jenkins Nope. It is a mix of "same thing" and "no difference" that originally were expressed by people that for got how the expressions were, and by some who just wanted to abuse the language for comical reasons. However, since then people has seen it and mistaken it for meaning those two things, thereby perpetrating the incorrect wording. However, Same difference do not mean the same thing. Let me demonstrate: A has a value of 1, B has a value of 2. C has a value of 1 as well, and D has a value of 2 as well. Mathematically, there is the _same difference_ between A and B as there is between C and D. Mathematically, there is also _no difference_ between A and C, as well as between B and D. I.e. "same difference" is not the same thing as "no difference" (nor as "same thing" for that matter) even though some uses it incorrectly in that way because they don't know better.

Well opium when properly used is a good pain killer(when prepared and used properly).

this video is going to get me extra credits in my assignment💕

Things I've learned today: Tea is a highly addictive drug. And Lin Zexu greatly overestimated how much use of force you can get away with.

*looks at Chinese opium crisis* *looks at American opioid epidemic* We feel u China, we feel u

I love these history lessons.

Great video easy to follow

This is so much better than reading from a textbook tho

Wait, Poppies can make drugs...*goes to check backyard garden*...*cuts off poppy plants* *never again.*

@WeAreSMC96

6 жыл бұрын

Eddie Torres weird that you mentioned poppy here reminded me of that weird “controversial” pop artist with a resembling name. Things start making more sense now…

@zhouwu

5 жыл бұрын

I still have a bit of issue with Anzac Day in New Zealand pressuring me to buy fake red poppies for a gold coin donation to pin 'proudly' onto my shirt to commemorate the glorious fallen dead at Gallipoli. I'm living in New Zealand right now, by the way. I mean, I get that poppies were the last flowers the veterans saw before they died and it's a long tradition, but it's a very bitter symbolic tax to pay for me. Usually, I just pay my due and ask them to keep the poppy, or give it to someone else. It's rather distasteful for me to go around with the raw products of opium 'proudly' emblazoned on my chest to display my patriotism and honouring of my new homeland. But the British were not the only ones to have faux Pas in China. Soviet Russia invited the Chinese delegation to Moscow, kept Mao waiting, invited them to a ballet which they called the 'Red Poppy', which was a fictitious account of drunken Russian sailors rescuing the Shanghai branch of the Chinese Communist party from political persecution and murder, which never happened, implying Chinese Communists are damsels in distress needing rescuing by uncouth Russian sailors who can't even control their own drinking. Predictably, it didn't go down well, with most of the delegation walking out halfway through, some able to stomach a bit more than others. Not to mention a fantastic feast Stalin invited the Chinese delegates to, which did wonders for the rewarming of relationship between the two sides... Until the Russian hosts decided to charge the Chinese guests for the meal, a big no no in terms of Oriental hospitality. Long story short, Chinese-Western relations have always been strained at the best of times, fraught with thin ice, quicksand and other hazards of misunderstanding and differences in cultural cues and understanding, which is still happening today. God help us all, lest we get WWIII out of this nonsense.

As someone that speak Chinese I must say your pronunciation of Lin zexu is on point. Excellent work.

I love James's vacant stare and smile for the first 27 seconds of this video. Something must be very interesting offscreen to the right. (I'm guessing assembling the Sistine Chapel's ceiling out of Jelly Bellies.)

The name "Honourable East India Company" makes me laugh so loud.Just like how North Korea calls itself "Democratic Republic of Korea" or China calls itself 'People's Republic of China"

@carkawalakhatulistiwa

Жыл бұрын

actually it's their English name China and Korea mention their own country differently from Inggris

I believe the Chinese term for opium is still "black foreign mud"

@huidezhu7566

8 жыл бұрын

no. it's 鸦片. 鸦 meaning crow meaning black. And 片 meaning drugs. so it just meant black drugs

@BChen7

8 жыл бұрын

It's pronounced "yapian," so I think it might just be a phonetic loan from "opium."

2:02-2:08 Best part of the video, had me laughing pretty good. That little 'C'mon!' at the end just great.

5:08 Here in Brazil a similar case involving British sailor happened too around those times.

I'm guessing they had translators during this entire war with the different countries and language barriers.

Nothing generates more demand than addiction..

Fascinating, I know nothing about this bit of history!

man this series is as addicting as opium. i should probably save up the episodes to bench watch them later.

GIVE ME MORE OPIUM !

Hey, quick question: how does lye "burn" opium? I'm super curious how this science works!

Im bringing on these videos over thanksgiving break my history teach is gonna love me!

Time to go play the game "High Tea" Also, I do hope you mention sometime in this series, or in another series about this era of Chinese History, that while China had a Junk Navy (literally), their land army was still actually quite something to behold and to fear, if nothing else than its' shear size.

Seems like they didn't learn their lesson about fighting war about tea

Hey- The english debt is coming back to us! Brexit..

@DivinityOfBLaze

8 жыл бұрын

Or it could be the opposite. Leaving the EU seems like the best way to avoid debt since the EU has proved to be very good at gaining debt not loosing it. Heck even a very high ranking official in the EU said it's best days [economically] are behind it. Which... isn't saying much seeing how it didn't really have any prosperous time...

@yogsothoth7594

8 жыл бұрын

Hey things the British used to do during this period are being done again. Speaking of which it's been a while since we invaded you frogs....

@GearyDigit

8 жыл бұрын

I'm totally sure that dropping the value of the British Pound by 10% is totally going to help the UK pay off its debts. Hint: Literally every country runs a deficit.

@areskrieger5890

8 жыл бұрын

The rich were against it, you seem to misunderstand who wanted this, it wasn't the rich it was blue collar and old people who wanted to leave mostly.

@vonhaig

8 жыл бұрын

Except that they will likely have to pay just as much if not more to the EU budget to gain access to the single market, without which their economy is fucked. Brexit literally makes no sense.

I love history, but this is also very funny. i like it more

It's always a stable economic situation when the graph explaining it loops back in on itself twice

nice touch using the old Portuguese flag. me like... :)

And that little barren island grew up to become Albert Einstein.

These are always delightful. Right now though, I just want to stop and have people appreciate the "OFFICIAL" British Government answer at 5:00

James just keeps smirkin' at all dat sweet sweet opium. >.>