Excellent documentary. I was glad to hear mention made of Sir Robert Hart and his activity as a sincere friend of China. The drug trafficking of the East India was despicable and the darkest chapter in the history of the British Empire.

I've been waiting for this to see the light of day! Thank you!

Jeeeeeeesuschrist - pot down the goddamn music (and other assorted noises). Who needs that?

Lord Elgin is the epitome of British Imperial hubris and his destruction of the Summer Palace along with his name associated with the Parthenon marbles may play a significant role in Britains ongoing reputation in world affairs throughout the future.

So silver is a gateway drug???

@alexboros1751

8 күн бұрын

Gold fever

@KarlRove-vk7gg

7 күн бұрын

Yes it is.

@sabinereynaudsf

6 күн бұрын

Why does the docu say trade in silver existed thanks to China.

@mehdiz1052

6 күн бұрын

Only someone on drugs could get such an epiphany

@Joyful_Smiles

5 күн бұрын

No free trade and privatization is.

luxury items has replaced as the modern day opium

@launiesoult3248

13 күн бұрын

You have no idea my fry😅p

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

And Pedo-feed.

@Jackson-uk8xx

Күн бұрын

No. Fentynal has. China now floods the west with Fentynal & amphetamines or precursors. They didn't forget their "thousand years of shame "

Haaaa I notice there’s some Brits today who want a fight!

This was fantastic!

Absolutely beautiful and amazing... The most indepth account I have ever heard of this moment in time... If lucky you only hear a few moments long ago... Well done .. highly recommend in one sitting, than 10 different sources

@sabinereynaudsf

6 күн бұрын

The Manchu dynasty ceded a lot more territory to the Tsar of Russia then to Britain. And why does little remain of the Howqua fortune might have been something to do with the civil war and the communist revolution. This documentary sells a bit of a narrative. The summer palace wasn't destroyed after delagation members had been imprisoned, tortured and killed.

This is the most in-depth documentary I have ever seen about the British 19th Century opium trade to China without a single reference to its central subject until more than halfway through. Context they say is everything.

Loved it

The background music is annoying. Had to switch it off after ten minutes.

@thomashartmann7317

16 күн бұрын

How

@eyeswideopen7777

15 күн бұрын

No. Your deaf

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

Yes, music too loud, & don't need it anyway.

@allrequiredfields

8 күн бұрын

Some of these channels really don't get it. They're stuck in the History Channel mode of operation. They see channels like Fall Of Civilizations with 3.5 hour-long videos and think 'Yeah, we'll do long videos too!' But the reality is we all want something we can relax to - we don't need 3 hour-long Tiktok videos for people with ADHD. Tons of use these videos as sleep aids too, when not actively listening to it.

Thanks for great video!

@cosmoray9750

2 күн бұрын

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I learned so cery much thank you 😊

How accurate and truthful are such documentaries ? I can only saw these stir up animosity among race and countries. To be avoided.

@nhlakaniphombatha5769

5 күн бұрын

No it’s true the British are the world’s thieves 😢

@Alice-go2nc

4 күн бұрын

Lol why click on a history video if you don’t want to learn about history… I mean I think the hope is to learn from the lessons of history not just pretend nothing bad ever happened

@troycambo

2 күн бұрын

Wokeness enters the chat..

@R4x0

Күн бұрын

Quite accurate, only holding back on the scale at certain junctures.

you see the corollary inverse in fentanyl, do you not?

Interesting

We're stoked about the content but you HAVE to ditch the action movie music. Please realize that a HUGE number of us use these long-form docs to relax and even sleep to, so we don't need constant sensory stimulation too keep our attention.

Remember history

Fentynel.

Read the comments… they go a long way in describing our current situation. History is treated like a comic book series. Sad!

Absolutely amazing documentary. Extremely educational. The Brits up to no good as per usual.

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

And they are not the only ones.

@stuart5107

12 күн бұрын

@garlickebagg Certainly not, but they were the main protagonists.

@smroog

7 күн бұрын

Empires are all the same through the ages. Run by bureaucratic bullies one and all. Love of and need for POWER !!! Some people will do anything for POWER !!!! Tough for some people to accept who and what they really are. Killing the competition is not winning the contest.

Superb documentary Worst sound effects no need at all

Why the shit music? Tge documentary may be good but 2 minutes in and it’s unlistenable.

Is there anywhere hearing and listening are definitively separated with respect to chronology?

Actually the trade was monopolized by the Sassoon family, who were far from British.

@deborahdean8867

7 күн бұрын

OMG, a jew from Baghdad

i want some

Those Brits are some clever folk.

@huangzb8060

9 күн бұрын

No, they were and are still evil folks with no humanities.

I never heard of any complaints from the chines e everywhere around the world, they just out grind their competitors, RESPECT!

@matheenarif8645

Сағат бұрын

And it is taking a toll on them, they work 9-9-6 , 9 AM - 9 PM 6 days a week. And that is expected from all Chinese people. Slavery my friend, even Korean and Japanese dedicate their life to their job. Now, no country can compete with that. Ever wonder why so many Chinese are escaping to US or Europe? because they want to avoid this. Chinese population is in a free-fall now.

Be proud of your British

Nice entertainment

I want reparations for the Peruvians from Spain and China for all the silver ,they never benefitted from.

Just like platinum is gold to us mexikans

@JJ-zd5uj

23 күн бұрын

You mean tortillas

Anything the British touched a long time ago turned into blood.

both the great empires of chaina n india had gone into decline and by the time invaders from the mideast n the west reached their shores had already become very dilapidated. and throwing on the last invaders is not going to help. propagate without using the blame game.

opium was legal in england at the time

@426mak

12 күн бұрын

then don't send it to China

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

And in america too.

@deborahdean8867

7 күн бұрын

But the guy who monopolized the trade wasnt british, he was a JEW from Baghdad. Sassoon was his name.

NO! IT'S OPIUM////DAVID SASSOON////JOHN ASTOR////MATTHEWSON///JARDIN////

@deborahdean8867

7 күн бұрын

All jews or just sassoon?

Wasn't much about opium. I have watched entire video and didn't learn about the opium.

@smroog 0 seconds ago Empires are all the same through the ages. Run by bureaucratic bullies one and all. Love of and need for POWER !!! Some people will do anything for POWER !!!! Tough for some people to accept who and what they really are. Killing the competition is not winning the contest.

THE BEST OF THE WEST/////

They're getting the West back in kind today.

Yeh it’s the silver not the skill of the people - we are so stupid

The Emperor's Summer Palace built off of the backs of slaves. Well played Britain.

@frankyong2607

3 күн бұрын

Provide the evidence. Don't divert from the opium issue.

@gecko908

3 күн бұрын

​@@frankyong2607 Simple logic. Blacks were exploited by the Spanish to withdraw copious amounts of silver from South America. This silver was accepted by the Chinese silver trade and the Summer Palace could never have been built without the precious metal: silver. Chinese still exploit Africans.

@gecko908

3 күн бұрын

​@@frankyong2607 You didn't need to take opium ,you chose to indulge. You encouraged Spain to use black slave trade,by changing copper coins to silver coins. You need to pay the South Americans for this theft.

THE RUSSELL FAMILY...😘🤫😉

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

Who? What? When?

replay: fentanyl 21st century USA. think about it. God is love, praying for all.

Taught Chinese a lesson in humility

@ivanov89

15 күн бұрын

They now flooding the us with fentanyl

@cjyoung4080

13 күн бұрын

haha yall the ones who showed up from thousands of miles away....

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

Looks like it's America's turn coming soon.

@Yoruba4U

7 күн бұрын

Rather, it shows what violent hypocrites the British are.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

whats really hilarious to a point, but sad is they're doing right back to the UK and really bad the US in the USA

@eyeswideopen7777

15 күн бұрын

Karma

@grioulaloula8594

14 күн бұрын

Reverse opium war

SUBTITLES ARE WORTHLESS ON a CELLPHONE!

@JJ-zd5uj

23 күн бұрын

So are all CAPS

@cr-cg7kn

22 күн бұрын

oh boy…

@matthewflorentz9160

22 күн бұрын

Works on mine

@-CelShader-

20 күн бұрын

Get a bigger phone 🙃

@Johny5-et8gj

13 күн бұрын

Don’t buy ur cellphone from Walmart

I highly doubt it was only THE BRITISH... Huh "history"??

@MsLilsweets

22 күн бұрын

They didn't say that, they said there were at least two Americans also but the British started it... Don't take it personally

@objetivista686

22 күн бұрын

@@MsLilsweets i'm not British. American, British... Always have had someOnes actively participating of this dubious endeavours hidden in the shadows...

@MsLilsweets

22 күн бұрын

@@objetivista686 I am American and unfortunately I have to agree with you...

@-CelShader-

20 күн бұрын

@@objetivista686who is that in the shadows, exactly?

@objetivista686

20 күн бұрын

@@-CelShader- all the powerful group(s) who decide our lives without any permission or consent.

And now chinas doing it to the US with fentanyl lol. What goes around comes around huh?? I’m allowed to say lol, I’m an American who was hooked on fentanyl for 4 years lmfao. 😂

@garlickebagg

12 күн бұрын

Did they hold you down and force it on you? No, you chose to Partake. Just sayin.

@pooi-hoongchan8680

10 күн бұрын

Nothing to do with China

Chinese propaganda, don't be fooled by this imitation history.

@johnli6430

16 күн бұрын

Propaganda? This is true history 😅 read more ..

@SokhomPrins

13 күн бұрын

Any history written by China/ West, Islam is distort, lie, propaganda

Sounds like a great plan. Maybe the USA could. May our government wouldn’t do that