How did the Opium Wars Actually Happen? - All Parts
How did the Opium Wars Actually Happen? - All Parts
In this informative and engaging video, explore the history of the Opium Wars and their impact on modern China. From the early 19th century to the mid-1800s, these wars were fought between China and Great Britain over the issue of the opium trade. The British, seeking to expand their opium market in China, clashed with the Chinese government's efforts to crack down on the drug's importation. The wars had a significant impact on China's economy, politics, and society, and set the stage for the country's struggles with Western imperialism and the eventual rise of communism.
This video offers an in-depth look at the Opium Wars, their causes and consequences, and their relevance to modern-day issues. Whether you're a history buff, a student, or simply curious about this fascinating topic, this video is a must-watch. So, sit back, relax, and get ready to learn about one of the most important events in modern Chinese history!
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What other topics would you like to see about East Asia?
@davew7833
Жыл бұрын
China's pyramids
@AR-qk3mg
Жыл бұрын
Why china never really industrialized during its imperial period would be a good watch
@joshuayang0331
Жыл бұрын
The Satsuma rebelion of Japan in 1877, or perhaps details of the sengoku period
@istvansipos9940
Жыл бұрын
First a conflict (like in this Gem video here), then a special episode about weaponry, strategy, and tactics in that conflict. That would be beyond great. About East Asia? Yes. Or from any other region.
@depekthegreat359
Жыл бұрын
North Korea,good friend!!!🏋️♂️
Colonisation, Genocide, Humiliation is one thing, forcing a country's population to get drugged and addicted is next level.
@WissHH-
Жыл бұрын
Who forced them
@theuniverse5173
Жыл бұрын
@@WissHH- Joos ✡️
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
@@WissHH- Satan did it
@Prat-zi1ou
Жыл бұрын
@@WissHH- brits
@WissHH-
Жыл бұрын
@@Prat-zi1ou did Brits forced chinese population to consume opium?
Britain joined the war on drugs on the side of the drugs.
@DaveSCameron
Жыл бұрын
What a stupid comment...
@Darkest_matter
Жыл бұрын
Haha
@mrlendon8039
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the British don't know it's a drug? Or people didn't realize the seriousness of the drug at the time.
@user-zj6hn4nb1m
Жыл бұрын
@@mrlendon8039 People in the past weren't idiots, they knew very well how drugs worked. drug addiction isn't some new modern concept nobody knew about
@kongqiyiwang
Жыл бұрын
@@mrlendon8039 当时英国法律严禁吸食鸦片😂
It’s crazy to think a country that wielded this much power is now struggling to elect a prime minister
@istvansipos9940
Жыл бұрын
"...to reject a prime minister." what do you mean? Who wants to reject the PM and who is holding them back? I mean, how and why the struggle?
@maddogbasil
Жыл бұрын
British fell off hard
@bell-xk5dd
Жыл бұрын
Now Britain is all alone. The sun has finally set on this empire. Now it’s so poor, I’ve heard that there’s hardly any fruits or veggies in their supermarkets...most shelves are empty....
@JOGA_Wills
Жыл бұрын
They pulled a Portugal; from all over the world to that lil end of a country off Europa
@jontaedouglas7244
Жыл бұрын
@@istvansipos9940 I meant “elect” thanks for the correction 🙏😅
"If two fishes are fighting together in the stream, an Englishman must be nearby" -Old Native American proverb
@ogatoni8856
Жыл бұрын
Wow
@Ezekiel903
Жыл бұрын
they use this tactic still today!!
@scarletcrusade77
Жыл бұрын
@@Ezekiel903 Its not even 'their tactic' its the oldest one in the book. Humans all do the same tactics and predictable things
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
@@scarletcrusade77 Roman what do you mean bro
@tbr7035
Жыл бұрын
@@Ezekiel903 Everyone uses this tactic. Let other people fight your wars for you. Ukraine is a prime example
The silver coins mentioned around 1:22 were known by the british as pieces of 8 after their native spanish name "Real de a 8" or Spanish dollar, which was the first international currency, being minted since 1497 it was the coin upon which the original United States dollar was based, and it remained legal tender in the USA until the Coinage Act of 1857. Some experts argue that the "$" symbol is a simpified version of the columns and stripe that appear on one side of the Spanish dollar and are present to this day on the Spanish coat of arms, as well as the Spanish flag. The columns represent the pillars of Hercules and the ribbon that goes through them reads "Plus Ultra" latin for beyond, in reference to the existence of landmasses beyond the old world (i.e. The New World, currently known as The Americas). Many other currencies around the world were initially based on the Spanish dollar and other 8-real coins as well, like the chinese yuan, the japanese yen and the variety of pesos throughout Hispanic America.
@zeus0710
Жыл бұрын
Yes that is correct viva la madre patria España e hispanoamerica 🇪🇸🇯🇪♥️
@hilee7390
Жыл бұрын
150,000 tons of European silver were shipped to China until the end of the 18th century. And imported Ginseng by exchanging silver from Joseon.
@NazriB
9 ай бұрын
Lies again? American Education Black Ops
@romirant
9 ай бұрын
😮Ooo😮 oil d😮😮😮😮😮😮😮c😮😮
@romirant
9 ай бұрын
Ok😮
When ppl remembers the history of china vis a vis opium/addictive drugs, they would understand the current chinese government's anti drug stance.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
11 ай бұрын
British Empire the biggest drug dealer in human history
@farmers740
11 ай бұрын
但是中国会输掉鸦片战争的根源依然没有改变-闭关锁国
@HoraceZ919
11 ай бұрын
@@farmers740 闭关锁国?你确定?都闭关锁国了,那清朝对西方的贸易顺差是哪里来的?让英国人美国人靠鸦片才把顺差改变,这叫中国锁国?
@TLB1450
Ай бұрын
@@farmers740😂 现在到底是谁在闭关锁国?
@farmers740
Ай бұрын
@@TLB1450 中国
The Opium War actually made Korea, Taiwan and Ryukyu vulnerable to Japan because it weakened China. The British Empire did not take this into account and indirectly caused the Pacific War
@martinishot
8 ай бұрын
All of them except Japan had to live under a Chinese empire long before this so an advanced strong and extremely ambitious China like it once was is not exactly something they would want. We can throw in Vietnam Thailand Java Malaysia practically everything in Asia in the West. China love to bully everybody in Asia back in its heyday. Now they want to cry that for 100 years people were able to bully them.
@buzby303
5 ай бұрын
Mmm I’m not so sure that was the catalyst They were going ahead with the ww regardless of this
@nsebast
4 ай бұрын
@@buzby303 It did. It gave the Japanese courage that if they have weapons like the Europeans they can beat China too. That's why they modernize their army.
@nomorechess
4 ай бұрын
@@nsebast It's not so obvious here but I think what truly changed and motivated the Japanese was their victory against the Russians. They truly thought they were hot stuff because honestly, they would've lost that war if not for the growing unrest back home.
@orangedeer-13
4 ай бұрын
Taiwan and Ryukyu are the same place, and Ryukyu was the name of Taiwan thousands of years ago
The various Sino rebellions of the 1850s-1870s. A series would be a welcome project. Consisting of The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1871), The Nian Rebellion (1853-1868), The Red Turban Rebellion (1854-1856), The Miao Rebellion (1854-1873), The Panthay Rebellion (1855-1873), The Dungan Revolt (1862-1877). All contributed to the fall of the Qing, all are events many westerners are ignorant towards. I believe this would be a worthwhile series due to very few videos being about them. They illustrate the circumstances of why The Qing were so vulnerable and collapsed. Thanks for considering and for asking for the suggestion. Cheers
@nehcooahnait7827
Жыл бұрын
Considering how many of the comments are “tipping their hats to the Brits”, they mostly feel proud, instead of shamed, about what the west did. They wanna to portray themselves as a constant wining power that collapsed an foreign empire in order to justify their internal need for a sense of western superiority of some sort.
@Cecil_Augus
Жыл бұрын
Probably rebellions generated by British Secret Service. They had many operations throughout China.
@hilee7390
Жыл бұрын
Because the domination system of the Qing dynasty was ultimately non-Legitimacy against 430 million Han Chinese became forcibly oppressed. They invaded mainland china 400 years ago after opening the gate of Shanhai Pass with collaborating Han traitor(Wu Sangui). Their regional- Eight Banners soldiers(駐防八旗) were stationed in each main cites and watched Chinese behavior. Manchu imperial family members married wealthy Mongols princess who traditionally and has served as religious teachers who Dalai Lama of Tebet. 430 million Han Chinese began to serve barbarian emperors non-related to their culture & history with cut their unique hair forcibly by savage nomads' order(薙髮令) in 1644, and have lost their unique-identity for 290 years under a ruthless-rule.
@leesnow-yh1mq
Жыл бұрын
I think the main cause of decline is the Chinese civil war. Especially the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, which occurred in the most economically developed regions of China, resulted in the death of tens of millions of people. These led to the rapid collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Especially when Japan took advantage of the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty to launch the Sino Japanese War, it completely destroyed the Qing Dynasty in name only.
@leeming2781
Жыл бұрын
That is because the West completed the industrial revolution, and China, due to its conservative closed policy, China has been in the era of cold weapons agricultural society, if the Chinese government at that time was a very aggressive government, then the collection of China's huge human and material resources, in terms of weapons far superior achievements far beyond Europe
The British and French have never really lost the appetite for destroying countries when they start doing too well from trading
@brad5426
Жыл бұрын
What can be said the same is how China never did either, as to this day they continue to infiltrate western, South East Asian and African nations.
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
Why, my brother, are they the best people? France, Britain and America helped the good Khomeini against the evil, corrupt king of Iran
@seferino
Жыл бұрын
They did it to each other for centuries. Now It was the turn for other nations to suffer apparently.
@DaveSCameron
Жыл бұрын
Bs.
@brad5426
Жыл бұрын
@@seferino so Did the other nations. The weak should fear the strong.
In many ways China defended itself successfully. It didn't fall like India.
@Birthday92sex
Жыл бұрын
How? I’m not that familiar with both of their histories.
@RobertDeeWiroAAnjum
Жыл бұрын
@@Birthday92sex British conquer entire india.. while brits only conquer hong kong
@lifeisbeautiful104
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to traitor Mirjafar for British invasion & Jaychand for islamic invasion
@mr.curious6872
Жыл бұрын
Unlike China ,India was not a nation at that time , so your arguments are vain. They conquered or bought small provinces, that's how strategically the British conquered the Indian subcontinent with a pinch of divide and conquer strategy. If only that old India was like today's united as a single nation, no power would have even thought of a glimpse of bad eye towards India.
@xinyisuoshu
Жыл бұрын
@mr.curious6872 So there would be no India without Britain. India is completely different from China.
The First Opium War, the Second Opium War, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, set Yuanmingyuan on fire, and the Japanese war of aggression against China...... The modern history of China is the history of Chinese people's blood and tears. During our middle school years, studying modern Chinese history was the most painful. China's century of humiliation has deeply engraved the concept of "falling behind means being beaten" in the hearts of every Chinese person. Therefore, the Chinese people strive to catch up, in order to prevent people from being oppressed and bullied by others.
@havencat9337
Жыл бұрын
yet it happens again nowdays...the western world its again banning and being unfair...
@user-feiyunpanda
Жыл бұрын
@@Rowlph8888 Hahaha, I don't know where you are from and why you came to this conclusion. I am Chinese, and the situation you mentioned is completely different from what I saw. The younger generation may be confused, but it is definitely not as common as you said. China has 1.4 billion people and is a very large country. Use your brain to think about it. If it were really like what you said, China would have been in chaos long ago
@user-feiyunpanda
Жыл бұрын
@@Rowlph8888 The Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchus, but after the Manchus controlled the Central Plains, they declared themselves to be the orthodox faction of China. The Qing government continued to use the traditional Confucian culture of the Han Chinese in terms of writing, administrative management, and culture, which can be said to have completely sinicized the Manchus. The Qing Dynasty also regarded itself as China to the outside world. Chinese culture has always been a culture that embraces all rivers and is inclusive. The ethnic groups around the Han ethnic group have basically been sinicized. You can see that there are 56 ethnic groups in China today, with the Han ethnic group being the main ethnic group, and most of the 55 ethnic minorities have already been sinicized. This is the true charm of Chinese culture, which encompasses everything. Foreigners find it difficult to understand this point, unless they learn Chinese and conduct in-depth research, otherwise it is difficult to understand the spirit of Chinese culture.
@hljshwyf
Жыл бұрын
萌妹飞云
@user-feiyunpanda
Жыл бұрын
@@hljshwyf 是滴😚
I am truly amazed by the british empire considering their size and population they ruled the almost all of indian subcontinent and defeat china in 2 war that is really incredible
@edwardmauer7442
Жыл бұрын
They proved decisively that a pre-industrial military is no match for a modern, industrial military, no matter how large and rich and powerful the former is.
@Chadius_Thundercock
Жыл бұрын
You’re saying that like china was some great military power
@edwardmauer7442
Жыл бұрын
@@Chadius_Thundercock premodern china was arguably the most advanced civilization prior to the great divergence in europe.
@Chadius_Thundercock
Жыл бұрын
@@edwardmauer7442 what does that have to do with the massive outdated and corrupt qing dynasty?
@batuhanyayla7214
Жыл бұрын
@@Chadius_Thundercock china was always a strong country I am from turkey we left our homelands thousand year ago mainly because of them they have a huge population size and resources they were basicly the strongest country on the world for thousands years.
Queen Victoria, the greatest drug dealer.
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
Жыл бұрын
Save the Queen and the King Charles III now. British 💋s to you. BRITISH always rules the 🌎.
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Very rich and very british.
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
Жыл бұрын
Envy kills.
@rodheq
Жыл бұрын
That's right: the British kings and queens have been the bosses of the piratic British narco-monarchy since ever. Today they are still in business, laundering the dirty money of drug dealers, dictators, murderers and criminals in the dozens of tax havens that they have scattered around the globe, from Gibraltar to the Cayman Islands. British pirates never change: willing to ruin anyone for their own benefit.
@rodheq
Жыл бұрын
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 no, drug dealers kill.
Great presentation!
Great video! Thank you for doing a recap in the last fourth of the video or so, it really helped glue it all together. Great teaching, thank you, subscribed!
@vapaus831
Ай бұрын
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Im discovering this channel. Absolutely amazing.. You have plenty of videos of questions I actually wondered myself for years. Thanks!
@vapaus831
Ай бұрын
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
It's famous in China as a common saying " To be lagging behind is to be punished '' , the westerners really taught us that lesson for all these years since 1840.
I just started lecturing on colonization this week in my courses. The colonization of China played a huge role in the fall of the dynasty who failed to modernize in the 19th century.
@Oggie389
Жыл бұрын
curious, what time period do you start off with? When I taught, I'd bring up the first Han Dynasty and the Trung Sisters of Vietnam
@Weiningc66
Жыл бұрын
I feel most information of China is base off only base of western view, specifically justifying their “superiority”. Just in case anyone don’t know, the last dynasty of China is an foreigner power that take over China sometime ago….so, it is just exchange one group over another.
@HistoryfortheAges
Жыл бұрын
@Oggie389 I teach western civilization, so I actually start from Mesopotamia and work my way up. I lecture on the opium war as I get to the colonization period. I actually have all my lectures on my channel you are welcomed to take a look
@seferino
Жыл бұрын
Qin dinasty brought its own demise.
@andyc3012
Жыл бұрын
@@seferino Qings were from North of the Wall, like in Game of Thrones. Europeans are like the White Walkers, ahahha.
Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job
@vapaus831
Ай бұрын
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Beautiful work.
@vapaus831
Ай бұрын
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
@Vrykron
Ай бұрын
@@vapaus831 I think this is the wrong comment
Very enjoyable. Thank you.
@vapaus831
Ай бұрын
"Forced"? Joyce Madancy also cites the extensive scale of chinese opium production and the strong even violent resistance with which chinese opium farmer opposed government attempts to suppress their opium trade. I wonder how would u view this.
Even Qing as a feudal state understood the danger of drugs, meanwhile America seems ignore it
@koiue.g8709
Жыл бұрын
Ignore it? They basically fund the Mexican cartels with guns and 💰
@joannesmith1175
Жыл бұрын
Qing was not a feudal state, they didn't have lords or kings ruling over different provices, that stopped when the first emperor wiped out the feudul system
@KiwiImpactSaint
Жыл бұрын
Those American politicians prefer profit through legalisation. Truly traitors of a once great nation.
@gavinrose5971
Жыл бұрын
What? Have you not heard of "the war on drugs"? It's been going on for over 40 years.
@jakedubs
Жыл бұрын
America is falling apart while China is pushing ahead. America is consumed by drugs, pleasure, and degeneracy. The funny part is that America has no clue why it's falling apart. They can't put the pieces together. It's ironic that China had this happen to them before. They learned from it, and used the same tactic on the West.
In British museum, they are still showing the tons of treasures that Brits robbed from China
@jpb2366
Жыл бұрын
Its funny how china is « Sad » that the treaties were unequal. Bitch you lost the war, its too late for an equal treaty. Should have been less idiot about it
@edwardtandy9613
Жыл бұрын
London Museum? Which one? 😂😂😂
@kordellswoffer1520
Жыл бұрын
Good.
@anasqader3851
Жыл бұрын
@@kordellswoffer1520Disgusting
@may-ky6jl
Жыл бұрын
@@edwardtandy9613 I think that he meant "The British Museum" in London. You know that very well what he meant. It shows you British are still with a defeatist mentality. Your status of country & culture is nothing more or less nowadays, ome down in the world😂
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China, Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation. I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
@user-io9cv6gf1w
Жыл бұрын
洋人不知道它们欠了咱们多少血债,世界已经变了,愚蠢和傲慢只会让他们重走清朝的路
@user-lx2vf1ft6v
Жыл бұрын
为中华崛起而读书
@farmers740
11 ай бұрын
可惜有共产党,不可能的
@LiveYourLifeWithJoy
11 ай бұрын
As an European-Portuguese-born citizen of Earth, I suport Love only. Borders are man-made invisible barriers. And barriers are not a part of Love. United we stand, for an United Earth ❤️🙏☀️
@Rowlph8888
11 ай бұрын
Ridiculous assumptions.I'm Western and I'm ashamed of this and I hope the entire human race will improve in the future.But when we have comments like yours here seeking petty revenge oon generations of people that have nothing to do with this, taking offence for previous generation when you didn't have 2 suffer anything that they suffered, I don't have any hope for the human species. The vast majority of Western Europeans are ashamed of this kind of activity, how could you not be when you see the results of addiction and the misery of death.But the Chinese here, don't seem to see how the Chinese government themselves were quite happy for trade to begin and continue, until the value of trade turned in the Brits favour, then they cut the trading relationship off entirely, showing not only that they didn't give a crap about the Chinese people in the 1st place, but that they cared even less about the Chinese people, when not taking any responsibility for their part in the Chinese People's misery in the 1st place, but also doing a stupid manoeuvre in a trading relationship with the country with 10 times the technological capability in everything, including warfare. Ultimately, the Chinese government has responsibility for the welfare of the Chinese people, the Brits and the French do not.In cutting off trading relationship in the way they did, it was obvious there would be repercussions, and there would be today, from every nation in such a position.The Chinese government, new repercussions would be exercised on the Chinese people and not themselves or their friends, who are protected in high places
Sure is wild that an empire literally went to war to force the selling of narcotics to an entire civilization. Really makes me wonder just why exactly are the Cartels in America are able to operate with such impunity.
@Renwoxing13
Жыл бұрын
Heres something else that might titilate your suspicion & curiosity!¡! Why does America Only Target Certain Cartel leaders ?¿?. Pablo Escobar - a freelancer who apparently rose Organically just like the rest of the Medelin Cartel and their associates !¡! They rose independently, and were put down as soon as America matched / exceeded the level of corruption & bribery that they uses !¡! ( America had alot more to offer in terms outside of money alone!¡!) El Chapo, His Sons, His Cartel.... Why is it only him & his Cartel that Amerixa Seemed intent on destroying?¿? Why that Cartel/ group alone when there were & are others that are worse.... Maybe those Cartels aren't as "organic & lone wolf" as we may think... maybe they have connections & friends that keep them from being targeted & worse yet... help then dismantled their enemies .... A complete sham I say !¡! Things work : JUST AS THE "DR ORDERED" !¡!
@koiue.g8709
Жыл бұрын
Really 😂? Are you that naive? Your government basically funds the cartels
@Jack-he8jv
Жыл бұрын
the US funds them.
@dean9261
Жыл бұрын
@@Jack-he8jv israel funds them* never forget the 5 israeli spies caught celebrating on 9/11
Thanks
I would love to see a breakdown of involvement of American interests like Russell & Company in the Opium wars.
more videos on the expansion of the mongol empire, and the japanese civil war
Having been the first country to industrialise, Britain had a technological advantage over the rest of the world. The more the rest of the world industrialised as well, the harder it became for Britain to retain its role of global hegemon. Britain has yet to come to grips with its much reduced importance, and with the blunder its political leaders have created since the dissolution of the empire.
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
It's got more to do with the mismanagement of relations with the growing nation of Germany in the lead up to the world wars, then the effect of those wars, than others catching up industrially. By the start of World War I USA was already producing more industrial output than Britain, but Britain was always going to be able to stay far ahead in money gained from trade, military power and because USA was heavily in debt to them. Independent studies show that it's likely that without the 2 world wars, Britain would still be militarily the most powerful country in the world, right now, but not by much and the USA would have been gradually making inroads over the century and the ascendance of the USA would eventually be inevitable. In our timeline, the US benefited from Staying out of the wars and being the only country that was actually growing stronger economically, whilst everyone else was dramatically getting weaker. Before the First World War United States was massively indebted to the Brits, for borrowing in order to develop its economy througghout the previous century. The wars massively Swapped the imbalance in the opposite direction. *Added to this was the US having the safety and time to develop the atomic bomb, which then became a massive threat and a deterrent, so the takeover was immediate. *The British Empire had tied up most trade routes in Britain's favour and gave Britain' Strategic advantage all over the globe in terms of reconnaissance, storing of military gear and presence in tactically beneficial areas, if attacked. These facets lways dramatically improve their circumstances compared to any nation, even with a vastly more numerous army or navy, which the US was obviously going to develop over the course of the mos20th century, if the world wars did not happen and the changes in our timeline didn't happen
@kordellswoffer1520
Жыл бұрын
That’s not true actually Britain maintains a major edge in technology over basically everyone and in economics. Even during the early 20th century Britain was economically and politically more important the literally everyone. Even today that still remains.
@ender8759
Жыл бұрын
@@kordellswoffer1520 You wish 😂😂😂
@kordellswoffer1520
Жыл бұрын
@@ender8759 I wish for nothing I only state what is true.
@leelee-om9rc
11 ай бұрын
@@kordellswoffer1520 Does Britain dare to go to war with China now? China can easily wipe Britain off the face of the earth, but the British empire is the first in the universe, and the British universe is the first.
Around 6:00 about when the British attempted to negotiate under white flag but were fired upon, I wonder if that could have been a cultural misunderstanding. I don't know much about Chinese culture, but I know that the color white is mostly associated with death throughout Asia, and they might not have known (at least one or more of the people in charge at that place and at that time didn't, for whatever reason) that they were coming in under a flag of diplomacy and negotiation. If anyone knows more about this I'd love to hear it! Also thanks for a great video!
@leebrown-zp3oc
5 ай бұрын
The practice of raising a white flag as a sign of surrender is recorded in ancient Chinese and Roman history. It is believed to have originated during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD).
What was the problem to fight back when the country wanted her citizen free from drug? Just because the Brittan wanted to conquer another country to satisfy her greed.
@Grenadier311
Жыл бұрын
It's more complicated than that.
@michaelsu4253
Жыл бұрын
@@Grenadier311 tell me your sophisticated thought, please.
@jpb2366
Жыл бұрын
Watch the video ?
@anasqader3851
Жыл бұрын
@@Grenadier311What about Nazis is that also complicated? Or is that Evil?
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if China looks back upon these wars as a black stain on their history. Nice video.
@andyc3012
Жыл бұрын
this war started the Century of Humiliation for China, that is what they are taught.. It is not the war they have a problem with, but the unfair trade treaties and occupation of lands that they feel caused the humiliation.
@dingus6317
Жыл бұрын
They view their shipping of fentanyl over our borders as revenge for this conflict.
@D_Marrenalv
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure they do, as should the Brits.
@chengchin5073
Жыл бұрын
The Chinese called it the Century of Humiliation
@brokenbridge6316
Жыл бұрын
@@chengchin5073---See what I mean a black stain. And the title seems to fit.
This was so useful and informative, thank you! Disgusting how much of these wars boils down to the British/Allied Powers throwing tantrums about perfectly reasonable rules and requests, they honestly read like snotty little four-year-olds.
@rocketmonty9916
9 ай бұрын
Ah yes, a country acting in its own interest militarily has never happened before the British or after. Iraq should just have respected the rules set and agreed upon internationally, rather than just invading Kuwait.....
@yungenvy436
6 ай бұрын
@@rocketmonty9916well they wouldn't have gotten slapped around had they done that...
@skyprior3866
4 күн бұрын
6 months late, really the wars were because the first "stock market crash" happened, or at least something very similar in effect, western powers where terrified and so they began trying to make colonies profitable, which failed but resulted in a surplus of opium, so they came to the conclusion that if they basically had a country that had to listen to their demands that they didn't have to put any money into besides a beginning investment in an idea of forced trade that was basically just a massive profit. It was highly effective and treated the stock market crashed effects, the demands of the qing empire was reasonable but the allies who were all suffering from the crash basically wanted any excuse to fuck over china for the silver they invested. Still a dick move
And now Britain, France, China, Russia and the US are sitting at the pernanent security council. Must be fun times
Interesting
Asia has interesting history!
@starfucks5327
Жыл бұрын
不是有趣,而是屈辱
19:36 love his British impression 😂
Thank you from Vietnam ❤
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
Stop worshiping Buddha, they are evil Scythian Aryans
Can u do the history of Cambodia pleaee
In ancient india many soliders take opium or similar things before battle.
@Rahul-eh2ku
Жыл бұрын
@@Xrginld17X you can say that.
@Rahul-eh2ku
Жыл бұрын
@@Xrginld17X indian kingdoms were to busy in fighting
@0Moh
Жыл бұрын
@@Xrginld17X india wasn’t a whole country for most of its time
@Saladfingers469
Жыл бұрын
@@Xrginld17X 190 yrs exact..and India fell because of internal conflict
@extremebattles2152
Жыл бұрын
@@Xrginld17X mughal did not colonize India. They were one of rulers of India sub continent. Colonization is European concept. Rest of world really never used .
It's crazy to think that Britain back then can pull off "Special Military Operation" better than present day Russia.
@Wilkesy7
Жыл бұрын
And it was on the other side of the world rather than sharing a land border lol
@ultrajorge
Жыл бұрын
China didn't have two whole continents + australia sending weapons, money and Intel to them
@andikandablack817
Жыл бұрын
Kinda hard when the target have prepared for 8 years & backed by Amerimutt
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
11 ай бұрын
British Empire the biggest drug dealer in human history
Is this a reupload
So when British try to talk about human rights with Chinese, just think about the what they done to Chinese. shame on them
Before "The War on Drugs" there was "The War for Drugs."
@theawesomeman9821
Жыл бұрын
@@Rowlph8888 Opium is a horrible destructive drug that ruins people
Manchu-European War
@papazataklaattiranimam
Жыл бұрын
Tungusic vs Germanic 👁️👄👁️
@thegaminganimationstudio7976
Жыл бұрын
@@papazataklaattiranimam Or Tungustic vs Slavic (Russian) or Latin (French).
@rodheq
Жыл бұрын
Please don't mix up all the Europeans with the Brits. We are completely different.
@JJaqn05
Жыл бұрын
@@rodheqThe 2nd Qing War involved Britain and France. The boxer rebellion involved a bunch of European countries. The only difference between the British and other Western Europeans is that the other Europeans were worse in their actions and less powerful
Khosut Khanate? The Dzungars was annexed by Qing like 100 years before the Opium war.
Was qing china weak at this era? Looks odd that two european powers were able to deal this ammount of damage even though they were powerful, China was playing at home. Any insights would be helpful, thanks!
@astraghost774
Жыл бұрын
China was weak due to technological and tactical capabilities of the british. It was largely agrarian in nature.
@Ghost-vi8qm
Жыл бұрын
Yea they were backwards.
@mij6918
Жыл бұрын
Europe had technological supremacy and China closed themselves off to foreign ideas. They had the attitude "we have everything we need, we don't need your barbarian ideas and products, China is the best and everyone else should kowtow to our emperor" (see: "Emperor Qian Long's Letter to King George III, 1793"). Not so different to where the new emperor is taking them today, really. (for the opposite: see the Meiji restoration of Japan)
@istvansipos9940
Жыл бұрын
by this time, the technological gap and the gap in military doctrine was HUGE. Just compare the ships on both sides. That's the best, most spectecular way to see this. China was many many decades (I say more than a century) behind the West. Plus, the West were colonial powers with a lot of combat experience on every level of their military forces.
@peerlesscultivator6873
Жыл бұрын
@@Ghost-vi8qm now it’s the opposite 😂
The use of opium in China at the time has variously been estimated at 0.01%, to 5% and even 10% of the population. Interstingly, this compares with the use of illicit drugs in the US, which stood at 13 % of the overall population in 2019, and at around 60% of ages between 17 and 40.
@buzby303
5 ай бұрын
Their getting their own back
@nsebast
4 ай бұрын
USA did it to themselves. China dont sell them any drugs. Mexican cartels buy the base chemicals from China and made fentanyl and sell it to USA. These base chemicals can be used for a lot of legit use.
The parallels between the Opium War and the current Fentalyn crisis, echo.
@tommygogetter5992
Жыл бұрын
Well the PRC promotes it
@lionelhutz5137
Жыл бұрын
China wants revenge...what a benevolent country.
@wenbo595
Жыл бұрын
@@tommygogetter5992 ccp turns blind eye. Its income.
@tainle
Жыл бұрын
China returning the favor
@TL-fe9si
Жыл бұрын
KARMA
At first, the importation of opium as a medicine was officially permitted by Qing government. However, in the late 18th century, the British Indian colonies exported large quantities of opium cigarettes developed specifically for the Chinese market, causing more and more Chinese to become addicted to the drug and could not help but draw the attention of the Qing government. Until 1796, the British East India Company controlled all opium cultivation, development, processing and production in India and export to China. As the Qing government issued several decrees prohibiting opium imports after 1796, from the late 18th century onward, the East India Company ostensibly respected Chinese law and stopped trading in opium, but in fact issued licenses to free private traders and continued to encourage the sale of opium to China. The financial benefits to the British government of the East India Company's years of opium trade were incalculable. It reversed the trade deficit with China, increased India's ability to consume British industrial products, and not only paid for the British government's colonial administration in India, but as much as six million pounds in tax revenue was paid into the British treasury each year, so the company was bound to do everything it could to promote the opium trade. British businessmen confirmed that the British Indian government had actually been publicly auctioning opium in Calcutta that was about to be shipped to China.
@popcorn3483
11 ай бұрын
British Foreign Secretary Palmerston blurred the scope of opium smugglers by accusing Lin Zexu's Guangzhou government of wrongful and violent law enforcement and presented British opium traders as innocent victims. He attempted to argue that the British government initiated the war because Britain had suffered the following damages from China's wrongdoings: first, the British government claimed that the British merchants in China who were "imprisoned" were forced to give up their "ransom" and suffered personal injury and property damage; second, China's imprisonment of Second, the detention of British officials by China constituted an insult to the British Crown. The basis for Palmerston's claim of these two damages as grounds for war was the international law of the time, because from the point of view of international law, these two grounds for the declaration of war put forward by Barmaizen were in themselves potentially valid. According to the basic principles of international law at the time, the damage suffered by one state as a result of the wrongful act of another state constituted a cause for the declaration of war. It was legitimate for that state to resort to war in order to obtain compensation and achieve justice and peace. The question is, if the persons and property harmed were smugglers and contraband in violation of Chinese law and not legitimate rights and interests protected by international law, did the Chinese government's law enforcement actions still violate international law and constitute a legitimate reason for Britain to go to war? The arguments given by Britain in this regard are not sufficient, but rather contradictory.
@popcorn3483
11 ай бұрын
In a secret message from the British Government's Foreign Secretary, Palmerston, to Yiru in 1839, it is stated that The views taken by Her Majesty's Government on those questions which must be discussed between Great Britain and China, and its present intentions, are as follows: the British Government recognizes the right of every independent State, not bound by treaty, to regulate the trade of its subjects with foreigners, to permit or prohibit trade in any of its own agricultural and industrial products or in any commodities imported from abroad, to levy appropriate duties on imports and exports, and to to lay down such regulations as it may think fit for the conduct of trade within its territory. The British government therefore in no way doubts the right of the Chinese government to prohibit the importation of opium into China, and to seize and confiscate any opium which has been imported into its territory by those foreigners or Chinese subjects in defiance of the prohibition. This indicates that the British government considered China as an independent country with legislative and judicial territorial sovereignty under international law, free from interference from other countries. This means that China had the judicial enforcement power to ban and sell cigarettes in Guangzhou, and had the right to inspect and arrest suspected violators of Chinese law, including taking coercive measures, trying and imposing penalties. However, the British government made a different argument, arguing that they had the right to bring charges against the Chinese government's enforcement actions based on the principles of international law and justice. The British government argues that The action of the Chinese Government cannot be considered justifiable either on the principles of international law or on general principles of justice, because that Government, which for a long period had allowed its own officials to derive a constant and well-known benefit from the flagrant violation of the prohibition against opium, and had even allowed its own officials to act as instruments for the importation of that commodity, has now suddenly changed the system. But, not feeling strong enough to punish the real criminals and seize the opium loaded on the imported ships, he resorted to violence against all the British merchants residing in Canton, many of whom had nothing to do with the opium trade, and Her Majesty's Commissioner, a British official who had nothing to do with any trade. The Chinese government not only threatened to brutally starve the men to death, but actually imprisoned them. Their release was conditional on the surrender of substantial property by some others to ransom the traders and this British government official, but those men were outside its power. Therefore, the British government had to demand, first, compensation for the outrage committed against the British official himself, thereby humiliating the British Crown, and second, it had to demand the return of the ransom extorted at the expense of the lives of the detained British subjects. Since the particular goods obtained by the Chinese government as ransom could not be returned, it was insisted that compensation of equal value to the goods must be made by the Chinese government. At this point, Palmerston denied that the people confined to the British merchant houses by the Chinese government were opium smugglers, and did not say that the opium handed over by the British merchants and destroyed by the Chinese government could not be returned was opium, but used "ransom" and "goods" to show that the British merchants were imprisoned and extorted, ignoring the damage of opium smuggling. The British warlords did not say that the opium surrendered by the British merchants and destroyed by the Chinese government could not be returned was opium. In fact, it was by concealing the British government's protection of the illegal opium trade in the parliamentary debates and by playing up the British national dignity and the injustice done to its compatriots that the British war mongers finally won a narrow advantage and passed the war against China bill.
@popcorn3483
11 ай бұрын
The British government tried to use international law to prove that it started the First Opium War to protect the personal and property interests of British merchants, but Lin Zexu's measures to seize and sell tobacco to British merchants were Chinese law enforcement actions within its own territory and did not violate any international rules. British Prime Minister Palmerston announced two reasons for war, which were challenged by some members of the British Parliament at the time and did not hold up in international law. The first reason he declared was that British persons and property had been damaged. The British property here was clearly the loss of property passed on to the British government from the opium confiscated and destroyed by Lin Zexu. Since the opium trade was clearly illegal under Chinese law, the damage caused to the smugglers by the confiscation of smuggled opium certainly did not constitute a valid reason for using force to obtain compensation. The physical damage refers to "the brutal treatment of British merchants, including many innocent Englishmen, who were imprisoned by the Chinese authorities." Palmerston interpreted the detention of British merchants in the merchant houses as violent imprisonment, claiming that the Chinese government had violated the principles of justice in international law by demanding a "ransom". The fact is that Lin Zexu, the anti-smoking minister, confined British opium traders to his merchant house in order to confiscate the smuggled goods - opium - in a non-violent and coercive manner. Prior to this, the Qing government had repeatedly reaffirmed the anti-smoking laws and strictly enforced them, and Lin Zexu had been notifying British merchants to turn in their opium through their merchants prior to the siege of their merchant houses. Stanhope described the enforcement measures in China is a calm method, as they would have been more severe in England. When Lin Zexu removed the Chinese employees from the foreign merchant houses, life for the British was indeed not as comfortable as before, as the British needed to do things like frying eggs that they did not have to do themselves before. In "Lin Zexu and the Opium War," author Zhang Xinbao quotes a letter from Mr. Paterson, a merchant with first-hand experience, describing that a British merchant ship that was blockaded at the time was supplied by a Chinese ship every day. Paterson also said that merchants in Canton were also treated very kindly and were free to play ball in the square opposite the merchant house. Therefore, the reason for compensation for the personal injury to the British is also not sufficient. The second point mentioned by Palmerston was that China's imprisonment of the British representative of the commercial director, Yiru, was an insult to British sovereignty. The British Foreign Office archives and correspondence between British merchants at the time show that the British commercial director was sent to China by the British government without the consent of the Qing government after the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China was abolished in 1834. Before that, it was the Chief Supercargo of the East India Company who was responsible for the coordination of trade in China. Therefore, Yiru's status as a legitimate representative in China was not officially recognized by the Qing government. Furthermore, Yilu came from Macau after the blockade of Guangzhou and volunteered to enter the besieged British merchant house and tried to escape from Guangzhou with the opium traders, not that the Chinese government forcibly seized him. Taking into account the attitudes of Palmerston and Yiru toward the opium trade and Chinese law before the Opium War and the legal opinions of British legal authorities, the British government had no justification in international law to wage war against China. In summary, it is easy to conclude that Britain's first opium war against China did not have the "just cause" required by international law for a just war. Today, more than one hundred and seventy years later, the British government has never really faced history and publicly stated its official opinion. Most British scholars have also adopted a tacit attitude, even describing China's repeated references to the Opium Wars as a strategy to politicize the Chinese government's patriotic education. Moreover, with the gradual dominance of positivist theories of international law and the legitimization of the Western colonial system at the end of the 19th century, Chinese and Western scholars developed a prejudice that 19th century international law did not apply to uncivilized countries such as China. The facts show that the British authorities and scholars of the time launched a heated debate on whether waging war against China was in accordance with international law in an attempt to justify it through its purported justifications for war. If it is true, as modern scholars believe, that international law in the 19th century applied only to civilized nations excluding China, there was no need for the Parliament and rulers of the time to discuss China's violation of international law and the legality of its waging war. What is more, the British sovereign of the time had repeatedly emphasized that according to international law, China's territorial sovereignty and supreme jurisdiction should be respected. It was Britain's own archival materials and parliamentary legal opinions that became the historical witness of the blatant violation of law and justice in the Sino-British war.
US and Russia was not "Neutral". They took land too and gave themselves extra rights. Basically gave their own laws before Chinese laws. Europeans above Chinese under their laws etc...
This resonates with me pretty well as I know someone who died of heroin overdose.
Trade is just an excuse, and the main purpose of the West is to colonize China like India. However, unfortunately, China is a unified big country, and the West does not think it can eat this meat. There are many intentionally beautifying Western languages in the video, which are not explained in a fair position. It may also be due to the author's limited understanding of this history and insufficient understanding of what the West has done in China
@u2-tv899
8 ай бұрын
🤨 💭 Hmmm Oooh lord🤦♂️!… Any story about about Western nations invading Asia, Africa, America, Middle East, Pacific, etc… always excruciating… Afterwards, they’d send Priests into that territory to continue spread their evil spirits… Western civilization acting like world police officers but they’re the robbers, thieves, criminals, etc…
@OnurUysal-nc3fu
27 күн бұрын
The west could have fully colonized china like India if they wanted to. What excatly would have stopped them?
Sinaloa et al. got nothing on the "Honorable" East India Company...
What happened to Laos. Most of their empire in 17th century has been taken by Thailand
Man the times done change lol.
Make videos about Vietnam, please ❤
@saldownik
Жыл бұрын
no, u
Who's Samuel Taneously?
Lord Palmerston!
Qing dynasty comprised of today's mainland china, taiwan, south korea, north korea, republic of mongolia, and part of eastern russia.
@silent6540
Жыл бұрын
yes
19:49 weird age. Brits sell opium in Asia, and 1 Brit wants to stop it, not becuause it hurts and ruins his fellow Homo Sapiens, but because he fears Middle-Eastern magic. well, maybe he was indeed a humanist and cared for all the victims of the opium trade. In this case, only his rhetoric is weird
@fot6771
Жыл бұрын
Culture changes alot in 170 years
@vulkanofnocturne
Жыл бұрын
"my fellow Homo Sapiens" a very new and very western perspective it is not strange that people didn't hold such modern views two hundred years ago
@istvansipos9940
Жыл бұрын
@@vulkanofnocturne you missed my point. suffering was real, humans were real, empathy was real. magic was not real. Even back then. That's what makes it weird. For me.
@fot6771
Жыл бұрын
@@istvansipos9940 empathy is conditional Back then foreignness represented a potential threat/competitor
@XXXTENTAClON227
Жыл бұрын
This is why I find the idea that Britain knew the harsh reality behind Opium laughable 😐😐 people thought addictions were just laziness , they weren’t sympathetic to the same extent now
so you tell, me that Qing China could have survived into our time, if the emperor allowed the British and other Europeans to trade and exchange goods without using silver? Like it was the main reason for them to wage war against Chinese?
@leeming2781
Жыл бұрын
No, the main thing is that the Qing Dynasty is still in an agricultural society, and for Europe that has completed industrialization, the Qing Dynasty is very weak, and still occupies such a large territory. When a child has hundreds of millions of wealth, then the child is guilty
Imagínate librar una guerra en contra de un país que no quiere ser envenenado por la droga que comercias
The way I always heard it, China was in a seriously bad place long before European powers arrived on their shores to make things worse. Had the British, French or anyone else turned up even a century earlier, the fight would have had a very different outcome 🤔
@lionelhutz5137
Жыл бұрын
Britain and France were still both global powers a century earlier with advanced training and weaponry, the war may have been more bloodier but the outcome would've been the same. The Europeans have a short history compared to Asia but it became very proficient at war because they waged *LOTS* of it and developed a taste for it.
@Jack-he8jv
Жыл бұрын
@@lionelhutz5137 unlikely, while the brits army could punch above its weight a hundred times or more, china has a thousand times more men, in particular the cavalry which are still dangerous to musket men in large formations. brits can win against 30k army with 2k men, but what about 10 waves of 30k armies? exhausting them to death is a viable option, cutting supply lines and hundreds other tactics could be employed with an actual functioning government.
@426mak
Жыл бұрын
@@lionelhutz5137 Mid 1700 would be the early Qianlong era. That was when Qing Dynasty China was arguably at it's peak so the chances of it beating the contemporary Britain or France in a land war was quite high. A naval war would have been another story.
@leeming2781
Жыл бұрын
China is an agrarian society, and China's economy is circulating internally and does not have contact with the outside world. Since the arrival of the aggressors, China has experienced nearly 100 years of war, plundered its wealth, lost a large area of territory, and plummeted by one-third of its population
@user-nz4kc8tl9o
Жыл бұрын
@@lionelhutz5137 😂实际上100年前中国和欧洲人是接触过的,明代中国击败荷兰人,把他们从台湾岛赶走了。
The Chinese have never forgiven England !
@cpj93070
9 ай бұрын
Yes they have or they wound t have asked for help in WW2 do open your eyes, and it’s Britain not just England 🤡
So this is what the Chinese were talking about "Century of Humiliation". They have learnt the lesson and are now ready to take back their pride. Good for them.
This video is so timely when the US is considering to ban the "addictive" "tiktok".
@chaosong9335
Жыл бұрын
Is tiktok more dangerous than opium? I doubt your intelligence.
When you try to quit drugs and your drug dealer executes your family to force you take more.
@DaveSCameron
Жыл бұрын
Read more, best wishes 🙏
@Izrek
Жыл бұрын
@@DaveSCameron Read what?
@Izrek
Жыл бұрын
@@DaveSCameron drug dealers gang also shot police you called to stop him.
@Izrek
Жыл бұрын
@@ianian9078 Thats kettle calling pot black.
@Izrek
Жыл бұрын
@@ianian9078 That China dared not to buy stuff from Britain?
Britain: "Pimpin' ain't easy."
I'm on Palmerson's side on this one.
Love from Pakistan
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
Жыл бұрын
❤ from Mars. The planet Mars.
I see why the chinese will never allow anyone to dominate them ever again
G7,It's not like history repeating itself
Bruh China looked huge back then Can't imagine what their gonna look like in the next couple decades
@19ate4
Жыл бұрын
Probably the same!! When communism falls it will go back to tribalism
@anasqader3851
Жыл бұрын
China has no interests in expanding best case scenario for Chinese nationalists is Russia collapsing and China annexing Siberia
As the west did with opium, so the Chinese do now with TikTok :) the best thing is they don't need to manufacture content in India, the "influencers" do it for free.
@nehcooahnait7827
Жыл бұрын
Lol if this were some grand conspiracy theory, you’d better shut it before more ridiculous shit pop out. As far as I can see, the bullshits on TikTok and the regular okay stuff, literally are just the generic reflection of its users and the internet as a whole. You are just pretending weird shits doesn’t exist until TikTok while there plenty stuffs on Twitter FB or Instagram that never suited your view of the world all along.
@WissHH-
Жыл бұрын
Tik Tok literally recommend u content that creates social conflict and discord to create divisions in the population and weak the democratic states.
@eggnugget575
Жыл бұрын
Sort’ve justified, even if it is the society i’m in that is being affected now….
@WissHH-
Жыл бұрын
@@eggnugget575 how is It justified? Learn something about chinese history and how they treated/treat the other nations. How u justify what they are doing to the uygurs? Such childish attitude and naivety... I wonder if u got the same attitude in life with personal relationshipS
Same thing today with fentanyl. History repeats itself with a vengeance
I also upload the Opium war video as a Chinese!
When you realized British lords are drug lords 🤨
Sino-Tungusic vs Franco-Germanic 👀
Посмотрел бы я как британия отнеслась бы к широкой торговле опиумом у себя в британии.
20:01 / 20:13
Last year a former Putin adviser threatens nuclear strikes on UK, and I couldn't agree with him more.
@leelee-om9rc
11 ай бұрын
俄罗斯和英国对轰,英国肯定灭国,太小了😅
@Rowlph8888
11 ай бұрын
@@leelee-om9rc The Opium wars is Ancient history, the British public has no responsibility for this. The Chinese authorities were equally culpable in agreeing to the trade in the 1st place. Funny how the Chinese don't take any responsibility for this, then why should the Brits take responsibility for a 200 year old government, that was railroaded by a small group elite, galvanised by the psychopathic Palmerston, and this was soon curtailed once Gladstone became Prime Minister repeal started happening *The Chinese are more concerned and upseabout the Japanese denial of war crimes, than this much older episode in history
@cpj93070
9 ай бұрын
Say goodbye to your country then you clown, you do know Britain has nukes also?
@morganwheeleryear1123
8 ай бұрын
How lovely of you to wish for the annihilation of millions of innocent Brits, including children. Really shows that your heart's in the right place
every great empire is brought low by hubris
So a question, the war on drugs! Is it the yanks trying to control the supply, movement and sale of drugs, or to stop drug use?
Ahh, the British Empire . . . the original Pyke Syndicate. ROFLMAO
The blood money
This kind of deep is a dark part of the English speaking world. For a handful of gold we have been left with a legacy that will never wash away, and an ugly sustaining guilt forever. But the worst part of it is that the English speaking world has brought upon itself the revenge that will never dissipate until justice has been done..!! (Not my wish but this is the way the cookie crumbles)
@marshalLannes1769
Жыл бұрын
Most Indian and world today blame Britain for colonization but instead they should blame thier kings who instead of fighting brits, made treaties where they were made millions in pension for stepping aside and letting Britain rule
@Periodic2table
Жыл бұрын
Britain's current strength is too weak! China can kill Britain with money!
@Rowlph8888
Жыл бұрын
You say this, but ultimately reckonings from the past are not implemented purely emotionally, we know that from history. A Multitude of Cultures have done heinous things, but there future generations have not been made accountable. I've seen videos in China from many different cities on topics such as "is there a country you hate.", Or which country… and the Chinese, never mention UK even once, from any generation.They occasionally mention "Japan", amongst the older and new generation due to not recognising Japanese war crimes. Most nationstates elites are ultimately only interested in what happens to their own profits, and we've seen this throughout history.They care as little about their own people as they do about other countries people.Patriotism, is purely a ploy to invigorate the masses, if they need to act at any point, just a technique essentially. The Chinese elites will focus on what makes them money 1st and then the general economy 2nd, because they are dependent on their economy for generating their wealth.
@AlexVanChezlaw
11 ай бұрын
@@marshalLannes1769 that's just putting the blame on the colonized, when it's not the case. Regardless of what was the internal situation in India, the British had nothing to do in China roleplaying as drug cartels
Within 21 minutes!
2025: how did the Fentanyl wars actually start?
@DaveSCameron
Жыл бұрын
😂❤
@chaosong9335
Жыл бұрын
The fentanyl epidemic is all due to the US government itself. So civil war please.
Maaan, I wanna smoke some opium now !!!
@saldownik
Жыл бұрын
You better have some silver in exchange.
@holydissolution85
Жыл бұрын
@@saldownik Euros are good for it in south of Spain 😁
Now the Chinese still face the same threat. I think they should make more weapons to protect their people……
They only plundered the Summer palace. Winter palace is in Russia
I hope relations between our two countries improve in the future. I see no reason why politics should define us 🇬🇧🇨🇳
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
Can we join Britain's drug trade?
@skintd3712
Жыл бұрын
No, the Chinese communist government is a tyrant and should be punished for their crimes.
@XXXTENTAClON227
Жыл бұрын
It won’t, China believe they are above international law
@chengchin5073
Жыл бұрын
I think a good way to start would be the British start giving back all those items they took and are now proudly exhibiting them in museums.
@oliversherman2414
Жыл бұрын
@@chengchin5073 It's a museum, they're there for educational purposes
Now I understand why China doesn't trust West, especially UK and US.
@19ate4
Жыл бұрын
China back then was a racist backwards nation! Now China is controlled by a German Jew ideology
@user-jf5qw6vg3h
Жыл бұрын
@@19ate4 racism was necessary part of a civilization in 19th century.
@user-cg2tw8pw7j
Жыл бұрын
@@user-jf5qw6vg3h You are not of the same race, why do you fight each other?
@user-jf5qw6vg3h
Жыл бұрын
@@user-cg2tw8pw7j who exactly? Who do you mean?
@leeming2781
Жыл бұрын
I'm a Chinese and we really don't trust the West. In particular, the British put the treasures looted from us on display in museums and not returning them to us, which motivates us to work hard to make progress
Look at the map Thai have take a part from Cambodia and Laos
Avatar Bangladesh Avatar Burma Avatar Celyon Avatar Hong Kong Avatar India and Raj Avatar Malaya Federation Avatar North Borneo Avatar Pakistan Avatar Sarawak Avatar Singapore Avatar Weihai
The number of opium users in China at the time has been estimated as between 0.01 percent to 5% or10 % of the population, however, the annual use of illegal drugs in the US is 13% (2019) and over, is 50% for ages between 14 and 40.
有幸能看到这里评论的同胞们,了解一下英国人的真实嘴脸。
@juliusl5821
Жыл бұрын
强弩之末,冢中枯骨罢了,伦敦都快没白人了,他们崩塌不了几天了。
@blazer9547
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that's why we dealt with them uyghurs and the Tibetans.
@tomciao4016
Жыл бұрын
The video also tells some facts, which is already very rare, but compatriots, have you seen the comments of Europeans? After more than a hundred years, they are still full of disdain and arrogance towards China, Sons and daughters of China, we must continue to work hard. . . . . . We must believe in our own culture and our nation. I firmly believe that I can see the rise of China in my lifetime. rise up who do not wish to be slaves. . . . . . .
@user-zb9gs6ng3d
4 ай бұрын
英国佬总爱狡辩,为什么他们不会把鸦片战争当成一件荣誉的事情宣传呢,其实他们自己也知道自己不光彩
CHINA (PRC )since 1949. before that it call Central Empires since Chin(Qin) 210BC-----------------Qing Dynasty.
@user-feiyunpanda
Жыл бұрын
The People's Republic of China was established in 1949 as the New China, while China before 1949 was an old China .Different dynasties have different 国号, but it can all be called China. The words we use, our traditional culture, are all inherited from our ancestors, otherwise would the people of New China appear out of thin air? In Chinese, 中国(China) means a country located in the center, and this name has a long history.
@user-feiyunpanda
Жыл бұрын
The unequal treaties signed between the Qing Dynasty and the West also referred to oneself as 中国(China)