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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

15 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.

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

@thomashartmann7317

25 күн бұрын

How

@eyeswideopen7777

24 күн бұрын

No. Your deaf

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

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

@allrequiredfields

17 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.

luxury items has replaced as the modern day opium

@launiesoult3248

22 күн бұрын

You have no idea my fry😅p

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

And Pedo-feed.

@Jackson-uk8xx

10 күн бұрын

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

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

@nhlakaniphombatha5769

14 күн бұрын

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

@Alice-go2nc

13 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

11 күн бұрын

Wokeness enters the chat..

@R4x0

10 күн бұрын

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

I learned so cery much thank you 😊

Thanks for great video!

@cosmoray9750

11 күн бұрын

Student Protests: from Vietnam to Palestine!....... kzread.info/dash/bejne/omiA3LKMXcm8fZs.html

So silver is a gateway drug???

@alexboros1751

16 күн бұрын

Gold fever

@KarlRove-vk7gg

16 күн бұрын

Yes it is.

@sabinereynaudsf

15 күн бұрын

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

@mehdiz1052

15 күн бұрын

Only someone on drugs could get such an epiphany

@Joyful_Smiles

14 күн бұрын

No free trade and privatization is.

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

@surendrasundhoo2603

8 күн бұрын

British history who are all the problems of the world.even today's Palestine problems done by british.numerous histories all you can watch and know who is the problemsome British.thanks

Loved it

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

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

And they are not the only ones.

@stuart5107

20 күн бұрын

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

@smroog

16 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.

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

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

@deborahdean8867

16 күн бұрын

OMG, a jew from Baghdad

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

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

@matheenarif8645

8 күн 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.

Interesting

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

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

Remember history

Superb documentary Worst sound effects no need at all

Fentynel.

i want some

Those Brits are some clever folk.

@huangzb8060

18 күн бұрын

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

Just like platinum is gold to us mexikans

@JJ-zd5uj

Ай бұрын

You mean tortillas

Nice entertainment

opium was legal in england at the time

@426mak

21 күн бұрын

then don't send it to China

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

And in america too.

@deborahdean8867

16 күн бұрын

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

@millicentgranger6035

6 күн бұрын

​@@deborahdean8867obsessed comes to mind

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

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

@deborahdean8867

16 күн бұрын

All jews or just sassoon?

Be proud of your British

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.

@millicentgranger6035

6 күн бұрын

?? It's history doofus , whu watch history if you dont want the truth

Just say "No!" to drugs.

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

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

@frankyong2607

12 күн бұрын

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

@gecko908

11 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

11 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.

Still a thing today.

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

China is giving US it back with interest. 😂

They're getting the West back in kind today.

THE RUSSELL FAMILY...😘🤫😉

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

Who? What? When?

THE BEST OF THE WEST/////

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

This is an old program re re re done

Taught Chinese a lesson in humility

@ivanov89

24 күн бұрын

They now flooding the us with fentanyl

@cjyoung4080

22 күн бұрын

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

@garlickebagg

21 күн бұрын

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

@Yoruba4U

16 күн бұрын

Rather, it shows what violent hypocrites the British are.

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

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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

24 күн бұрын

Karma

@grioulaloula8594

23 күн бұрын

Reverse opium war

SUBTITLES ARE WORTHLESS ON a CELLPHONE!

@JJ-zd5uj

Ай бұрын

So are all CAPS

@cr-cg7kn

Ай бұрын

oh boy…

@matthewflorentz9160

Ай бұрын

Works on mine

@-CelShader-

29 күн бұрын

Get a bigger phone 🙃

@Johny5-et8gj

22 күн бұрын

Don’t buy ur cellphone from Walmart

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

@MsLilsweets

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

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

@MsLilsweets

Ай бұрын

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

@-CelShader-

29 күн бұрын

@@objetivista686who is that in the shadows, exactly?

@objetivista686

29 күн бұрын

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

The Brits did more for the wold than china ever did !!!

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

21 күн бұрын

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

@pooi-hoongchan8680

19 күн бұрын

Nothing to do with China

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

@johnli6430

25 күн бұрын

Propaganda? This is true history 😅 read more ..

@SokhomPrins

22 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