“The Opium Wars - when Britain went to war for the right to sell hard drugs in order earn money to pay for soft drugs“

@ignitionfrn2223

Жыл бұрын

"When lives gives you cocaine, you trade it for tea" How British !!!

@ihl0700677525

Жыл бұрын

Greek/Macedonian Empire (Alexander): Starting massive war to take revenge for the burning of Athens, then made up a bs childish reason to continue the war (i.e. to "reach the eastern end of the continent"). Roman Empire (Caesar): Attacking supposed allies and commiting genocide for no reason at all, probably just to enrich himself. Arab Empire & the Crusaders: Convert/submit, or die. Mongol Empire: Mass-murder everyone you know and burn your entire civilization to the ground because your monarch didn't treat a Mongol envoy nicely. Aztec Empire: Subjugate you and breed you like cattle, to be sacrificed to their gods. Russia, Mughal & Turkic/Ottoman Empire: Huh? Casus Beli? What's that? This land is ours, and you are now under our control because I said so. Spanish & Portuguese Empire: Give me your gold, your land, and then convert, or die. French empire (Napoleon): Took your land and give it to his incompetent brothers/subordinates/marshals. The Dutch & the British: Trade with us voluntarily, or we'll compel you to do so with force. American empire: DeMoCrAcY bAbY! YeEeHaW!

@joeyr7294

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 💯🍻

@treasuresnpain3567

Жыл бұрын

BS. A perfect example of the corruption of bias. There's much not said here and most other places about this particular part of history. Like about the church's involvement and a man who was claimed to be the brother of Jesus. Or about the history of trying to bring their form of religion to the east with corporate and or military forces.

@gregjrattray69

Жыл бұрын

Were savage all our history is us walking into a country saying this is ours now & everything in it thanks if you argue you die

Fun fact : HSBC Bank was born out of the opium trade in the area

@ProbablyNotLegit

Жыл бұрын

And still launders money today!

@mopogotradingboss458

20 күн бұрын

And HSBC takes cartel money and Albanians and launders it

Colonialism distilled: "These people want us to follow THEIR laws, in THEIR country? SAVAGES!"

@AngelusAnsell

Жыл бұрын

That's why we make it OUR country. ;3

@samwill7259

Жыл бұрын

@@AngelusAnsell Until the invention of the holy AK47

@Pavlos_Charalambous

Жыл бұрын

@@samwill7259 Amin

@stalker1366

Жыл бұрын

@@AngelusAnsell now you guys got told what to do by former colonies?

@AngelusAnsell

Жыл бұрын

@@stalker1366 The USA never actually established any colonies.

This one was excellently done as well. I would be curious to see the Warographics treatment of The Crimean War. It kind of fed into and influenced later European conflicts despite being so relatively localized despite the powerful militaries involved.

The video turned out great, Simon! Was fun working on this video.

True story... Tea doesn't have to be grown in China, or even India. The plant (Camellia sinensis) is hardy to zone 7 and can even be grown in Britain! The tea motive was more honestly about labor costs or a specific quality of tea that could be grown in a particular region, not tea in general. And the profit motive was probably far more important than the tea motive.

@BS-cc4ks

6 ай бұрын

But can it grow all year long and can British grown tea make up for their demand at the time?

@MrAdamArce

4 ай бұрын

Money is a hell of a drug...... it's a drug I wish I had more of lol

Oh lord the Opium Wars. Gotta be one of the strangest episodes of the British Empire

@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55

Жыл бұрын

They fought some of the most one sided battles in military history

@carveraugustus3840

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 perhaps. But they had their disasters as well. Indian mutiny, against the Zulu in Southern Africa, several times in Afghanistan.

@highlandoutsider8148

Жыл бұрын

🤔 dunno dude, sounds pretty much business as usual to me 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣👍

@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55

Жыл бұрын

@@carveraugustus3840 I meant in the 2 opium wars specifically, but ya they had some fubars too

@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55

Жыл бұрын

@@carveraugustus3840 gallipoli was a British cluster Fuck too. Except for the retreat

I love this content. I think it might help us viewers keep track of things if there were more maps showing movements and such.

Another fun thing about the opium war, it wasn't initially a "real" war under international law at the time , it was "just" an armed reprisal for previous actions which are illegal nowadays.

@leggonarm9835

Жыл бұрын

You humans and your meaningless labels.

@notaKROOK

Жыл бұрын

…was that first 5 seconds even real words?

I just discovered your page yesterday, and now I can't stop watching. Thank you for your love of history!!

@dungeonmaster3198

Жыл бұрын

Dude has like 40 KZread channels, and they're all gold

0:40 - Chapter 1 - Good ol addictions 5:30 - Chapter 2 - Opening salvos 8:50 - Chapter 3 - British reactions 10:35 - Chapter 4 - Renewal of violence 12:20 - Chapter 5 - The pearl river campaign 16:00 - Chapter 6 - The battle for canton city 17:50 - Chapter 7 - Attacking central china 20:10 - Chapter 8 - Final phase of the war 21:25 - Chapter 9 - Aftermath

I'm going to need Simon to do an in depth video on the history of England's obsession with tea

@wildsurfer12

Жыл бұрын

You mean Britain’s obsession with tea? The Scots and the Welsh like a cuppa just as much!

@The_Kawazaki_Kid

Жыл бұрын

Tea was cover for opium

@yipzoe3865

Ай бұрын

Do you know that opium war casued by 2 Scottish? JARDINE─METHESON & CO. LTD. is the biggest British enterprise in Far East and it's headquarters is in Hong Kong, it is Scottish. The 2 founders William Jardine & James Matheson sold illegal opium in China in Qing dynasty and earned a fortune. But all the opium was destroyed by Chinese government in 1839, they were furious and went back to London and convinced the British parliament to attack China , they submitted a report called Jardine paper with lots of suggestions for this invasion, this war is called opium war, and Hong Kong was ceded to UK after this war

U missed the hilarious fact that when king George sent his first attempt to open China the Chinese emperor thought that he was paying tribute because he couldn’t believe like many Chinese nobles that China was no longer the most powerful empire in the world and this response was taken as a great slight by Georges representatives u can imagine their reactions 😂

@multifister47

Жыл бұрын

I’ll cashapp you a dollar for some punctuation

@theawesomeman9821

Жыл бұрын

nowadays, I think the Chinese could take on the British.

@charliemills6955

Жыл бұрын

@@multifister47 nah bro allow me pls

@stalker1366

Жыл бұрын

China is the most powerful country on the world- as said by China...Sorry but thats not how it works-.. Chinese impact on Human history is laughable.. in history china was only a footnote, it was only until after they lost their country to the English did china open up to the world.. so when you say """ most powerful empire"" in refence to China i laugh because I know thats a ccp talking point.. When in human history was china important ? China was barely even a country for most of its history...

@internetenjoyer1044

Жыл бұрын

The Chinese were top of the tree in east asia with a very specific method of governance; China always blurred the line between confederate empire and country; the regional powers had so much control but no joint national strategy. The Emperors were limited in their infomation to the local dealings of outsiders of the regional governors who themselves had no aim, being regional administraitors, to forge a foriegn policy which would require understanding the world outside their borders. Add to this China being used to the whole asian world centreing on them, their huge geography, lack of naval interest, and internal shit to deal with, they simply had no idea who these random ass white skin trying to trade with them were, they didnt know they were a great power, they couldnt comprehend them as someone with the hard power to challenge them. It's a pretty interesting set of factors going into China's refusal to open up and the subsequent consequences

Would love to see a series on the opium wars or if they’re short for content a video breaking them all down and the consequences

When do you sleep Simon ? So many great channels. Thank you for your dedication

This is basically why more and more places are legalizing drugs. Governments: We've made your life suck. But ours are great. Also governments: Have some drugs so you dont notice how much your life sucks and we dont have to worry about pitchforks up out butts if you figure it out.

@monkeydank7842

Жыл бұрын

Legalisation would help many problems.

@hmhbanal

Жыл бұрын

Legalizing drugs will only make matters worse. The British Empire was one of the first drug cartels. Drug illegalization and legalization ruined the lives of the Chinese.

@monkeydank7842

Жыл бұрын

@@hmhbanal Legal drugs make drug cartels obsolete.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

​@@hmhbanal First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So your statement is ùntenable.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

​@@hmhbanal In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

And so begins the Century of Humiliation for my ancestors.

@MrCat-sl6zf

Жыл бұрын

should have that about that before doing drugs

@angusyates828

Жыл бұрын

Being avenged now. Better to forgive.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

They bring tèchnology and ìdeology to you guys.

@sherbetxdamnare

2 ай бұрын

​@@MrCat-sl6zffunny you say that

@yipzoe3865

Ай бұрын

How about Vladivostok? It was ceded to Russia under invasion in Qing dynasty, but never returned , why don't China feel humiliated for it?

As a Chinaman, I wanna thank the channel for covering this war that my country suffered from with a non-bias view.

@buxeessingh2571

Жыл бұрын

My late Mother would not take opiate drugs through her dying days. She would ask for opium alternatives when my family were prescribed them.

@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55

Жыл бұрын

Down with the CCP!

@NobleKorhedron

Жыл бұрын

We would say "unbiased", @The Awesome Man...

@theawesomeman9821

Жыл бұрын

@@NobleKorhedron you know what I meant

@eddiel7635

Жыл бұрын

It’s pretty bizarre how obsessed china has become about the opium wars of the last five years.

What a strange chapter in British history, when an entire nation became a violent drug dealer...

@theawesomeman9821

Жыл бұрын

The British weren't the only ones dealing drugs in China, other European nations like France partook too.

@Darknamja

Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 Two wrongs don't make a right.

@426mak

Жыл бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 So its OK for me to a exploit you so long as someone else does it as well?

@alastairbrewster4274

Жыл бұрын

Go Britain it’s brilliant .

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So your statement is ùntenable.

The canons on the forts were cemented in place. Impossible to adjust the aim. We once asked our mother who our wealthiest ancestor was. It was a woman who owned clipper ships. My guess is that she had an interest in the enterprise.

@hiimryan2388

Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@gaconc1

Жыл бұрын

It was not fixed back then come on they’re not that dumb but the accuracy was terrible so aiming doesn’t help much 😂

@martinphilip8998

Жыл бұрын

@@gaconc1 Read a book or two. They were cemented in place. The Chinese invented gunpowder, but beat themselves with a Roman invention, cement.

@moonflowerviewing91

9 ай бұрын

The chinese didn't have enough saltpeter in their gunpowder in order to be strong.

Good video 👍

Those were the best 3 first seconds of any KZread video hands down

Hey Simon, great as always. Just one question though, how many freaking shows do you actually host? Like, everytime I see you, it's on a different channel

@reallyhappenings5597

Ай бұрын

Dude is the Tom Brokaw of the internet

Did Simon quote A Clockwork Orange? “Some good old ultra-violence”??

@andersjjensen

Жыл бұрын

Indeed he did. Or rather the writer did and Simon knows by now to read any seemingly strange phrase verbatim.

Excellent. I found it hard to follow the continuous back and forth. Map graphics might have helped in describing the context and action event of each military move. The gist of it was not lost though. Thanks for the material.

@frederickwood9116

Жыл бұрын

Oh. And I’m looking forward to the next of this preamble to what I expect becomes the footing for a revolution and rolling into more current times. I don’t know this space very well but it’s even more interesting now than ever considering the state of east Asia politics.

So when we say the American policy of a "War on Drugs" has been failing now for 50 years, it's actually been failed for more like 180 years.

I have opium poppies growing in my garden. They are beautiful

@MrMonsigart

Жыл бұрын

I saw the picture of poppies flower, it is indeed quite beautiful.

@michaelwaller7365

Жыл бұрын

The poppy is California's state flower, which might explain a few things. And, yes I know those aren't the good ones.

@jaobyeden4143

6 ай бұрын

California poppies aren't opium poppies​@@michaelwaller7365

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

It is pink?

@RainbowTheSnail

4 ай бұрын

Mine are more purple in colour. Although my Grandma also has a collection of them and she has loads of different shades of pink and purple 💜

When the drug cartels were the most powerful country on Earth.

@brandonhallam51

Жыл бұрын

The country of Pfizer

@crazeben

Жыл бұрын

Nothings changed except the country.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So your statement is ùntenable.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

Elliot is a true gentlemen, favouring diplomatic meas to resolve conflicts

Ah yes, the British Empire, the largest Drug Cartel

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So your statement is ùntenable.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

Let's hope that this future video will be posted this week 🙏🏼 😀

Thank you

Thank you Simon. I've been waiting a long time for someone to talk about the opium wars. 👊💯👍

@alastairbrewster4274

Жыл бұрын

Are you Scottish ?

@scottish5696

Жыл бұрын

@@alastairbrewster4274 why yes, of course.

@alastairbrewster4274

Жыл бұрын

@@scottish5696 lol me too 🤣

@scottish5696

Жыл бұрын

@Alastair Brewster oh! Well, hello there, my fellow scotsman. 👋

Ultraviolence, you must be a fan of A Clockwork Orange! Great movie!

In hindsight the Chinese should've traded tea for modernized weapons and English Warships.

@426mak

Жыл бұрын

Why would Britain be dumb enough to sell it to them?

@Jalenlane93

Жыл бұрын

@@426mak Because they wanted Chinese tea.

@426mak

Жыл бұрын

@@Jalenlane93 But the British weren't gonna be dumb enough the arm a potentially hostile nation.

@Jalenlane93

Жыл бұрын

@426mak The British brought war and drugs to China they were hostile.

@426mak

Жыл бұрын

@@Jalenlane93 No argument here

Can you do a video on the second opium war?

Excellent video 📹 KOW TOW Next chapter please

At 7:38, I thought he said "A cull of cannibals were thrown around." Not cannonballs 😂

@starrywizdom

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who briefly heard "cannibals" instead of "cannonballs". What a wild war that would be!

@VosperCDN

Жыл бұрын

"A cull of Cannibals" - After it's first use in combat of that era, it was quickly ruled illegal in 1841, and no nation was allowed to hurl cannibals at it's enemies. This was possibly the first widespread weapons ban treaty, albeit not very well remembered in the modern age.

Lin Zexu was a true hero. He dumped thousands of tons of British Opium into the sea without hesitation. He also executed many British drug dealers and declared war agianst the British. He refused to be humiliated by the British. It is because of resistance leaders like him that China was never colonised.

@Arc115YT

Жыл бұрын

"There are no heroes in war. Only victims." This statement is especially true for a pointless war like this one. Unfortunately, human life is cheap when it comes to our addictions, whether it be opium, tea... or oil.

@ihl0700677525

Жыл бұрын

Well.. at that time, "China" was already "colonized" and ruled by the Qing (Manchus). Few decades later, the then recently westernized Empire of Japan crushed Qing, took Korea and Formosa/Taiwan, colonized Manchuria, and gradually conquered about third of China (by the end of WW2). If only Lin and others before him realized the utter backwardness and vulnerability of their country, and start westernize ASAP, they might avoid being colonized by the Japanese. Unfortunately Lin's (and other officials, especially Empress Dowager Cixi) refusal to be "humiliated" (i.e. Westernize) led directly to the century of humiliation.

@Arc115YT

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryOfRevolutions Not making a value judgement on who was in the wrong here. Just stating that the war was pointless and people died for no good reason. I find it difficult to be too emotionally invested in a war that happened 130 years before I was even born. Between two nations i'm not even apart of as well.

@ignitionfrn2223

Жыл бұрын

To fight the British Empire, he must have been on Acid !!! Or since we are in the Whistleverse, ON COCAINE !!!!

@hkchan1339

Жыл бұрын

Hong Konger here Opium wars is the best thing that happened to our history ! 🤩 It brought modernisation, rule of law, infrastructure , economic development, freedom of speech and press into Hong Kong We also had free education , healthcare , public housing and the best infrastructure in the world. The British royals are much better than these uneducated commie bigots. We are still a colony, but the Chinese are much much worse.

Thanks

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

The 5 men charged were basically pardoned back in England. Which is why Lin wanted them

I keep forgetting how much of a mess the Opium Wars were.

got to say, this is the first time I found myself on China's side against Britain.

@arthurlau98

11 ай бұрын

Technically, the government is Tartar (Manchu), a manchuria ethnic minority that conquered China Hans population.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So this statement is ùntenable.

Should Have Made An Hour Long Episode Combination Of Both Wars And Future Now Cursed be the day you release the next War that follows

Simon, I appreciate your honesty. I want you to do a video about the rev.Ian Paisley and all I want you to do is report the truth about that horrible man and the crimes that he committed

I liked the suttle A Clockwork Orange reference

One thing omitted from this documentary is that China would only trade in silver and Britain had a huge trade imbalance with China. Their solution was getting the Chinese addicted to opium. The British knew this would lead to war and massive concessions. In fact this is taught in detail in China as a lesson in never becoming a lesser nation and still fuels Chinese ambitions internationally.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

"Their solution was getting the Chinese addicted to òpium." in the eyes of the Bŕitish, òpium is not a đrug at all but a sleeping pill and entertainment items. Moreover, the concept of đrugs was not established at the beginning of the 19th century.

JFC another Simon channel!?? This dude is the Megapresenter.

Sounds just like the us drug war. Make a bust price goes up. Capture a dealer more pop up causing higher crime rate. Not to mention the top importers/producers never get caught

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So this statement is ùntenable.

Simon spoke so quickly at the beginning that at first I thought he was speaking Spanish or something.

Interestingly enough, the former Ambassador to China established his own Tea Company in the Caribbean.

third to watch and comment, last time I was this early, it was the century of humiliation

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

As a HongKonger: thanks to the British.

"...spiking up in price." I see what you did there. :D

For a second I misheard the way he said ‘cannon’ and what I got was “cannibals started flying around” 😂

How about a video on the sino Japanese war

@milodebruin4821

Жыл бұрын

He has one now.

As an opiate addict, thinking about using opium during those times, compared to now is wild. It must have been such a different experience.

@hmhbanal

Жыл бұрын

Hooray to drug use decriminalization! #sarcasm

@mikitz

Жыл бұрын

I know it's a bit ironic and hilariously improbable, but as an ex-opiate addict, I'm now addicted to tea...

@leo8049

Жыл бұрын

@@mikitz Lol

@Jartran72

Жыл бұрын

@@mikitz Not at all. I am an ex addict( well still addicted but I never did the whole withdrawal-rehab thing and just got on medication. 600mg morphine that works over 24hours daily allows me to live my life but also protects me from overdosing if I fall back) and I can tell you a ton of addicts develop new addictions, most often alcohol. But gambling too and that is just as life ruining. Beware of eating super sugary food and stuff. Your brain is used to a lot of dopamine and everything that gets it some of that rush back will get you hooked easily.

Britain: Hey, want some drugs? China: Not really. Britain: Well too bad!

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

Definitely need to cover the Battle (since it rubs people raw when you call it a siege) of Fredericksburg. One of the key battles of the US War Between the States; this battle had a significant moment of courage, heroism, and compassion when 2nd Lt. Richard Rowland Kirkland of the CSA brought water to wounded Federals despite major risks to his person.

@joeyr7294

Жыл бұрын

I second this 🍻

@Dank-gb6jn

Жыл бұрын

@@joeyr7294 glad to have you on board!

@joeyr7294

Жыл бұрын

@@Dank-gb6jn always you OG Legend

@Dank-gb6jn

Жыл бұрын

@@joeyr7294 you’re too kind good sir!

The first imaged you showed of a painting, only had dutch flags in it. This leads me to believe that it wasn’t England.

Could you do the sepoy rebellion

Second video please

I bet the bts for the first 5 seconds was amazing

the X in Chinese does not sound the way you think it does

Please make video on Revolt of 1857 🙏

@carveraugustus3840

Жыл бұрын

Ohh yea. The Indian mutiny/rebellion is something else. War crimes and awful sieges a plenty

it actually started with … tea

20,000 barrels of opium or barrels of tea? That's some crazy ass amount of opium

Looking forward to NARCOS: The First Cartel featuring the British Empire

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So your statement is ùntenable.

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

In 1729, Yongzheng ordered a ban on smöking, but what was banned was the mixture of tòbacco and òpiùm - what we commonly call "Màdak", not the Ōpium itself. Òpium imports are still used as médicinal materials.

Seems as though the war on drugs have failed for longer than I first realized. Thanks for the education.

Maybe a video on the vietnams invasion of Cambodia

Don't mess with British tea

The Global Merchants by Joseph Sassoon review - the rise and fall ... Feb 13, 2022 - David was fortunate to launch his trading venture, David Sassoon and Co, at a time when the opium trade between India and China was

@10:18 PM Melbourne is winning the fashion wars with that fur coat.

Any plans by this channel to cover the Anglo-Sikh Wars?

This is one of many tragedy that made china today

Tea and to a greater extent, coffee, are drugs so addictive that access to them is literally enshrined in the workplace. Still more cofeeshops than liquor stores, weed dispensaries and pharmacies combined in my town.

AND THEN . . . Skull and Bones was born. Hint: "322" stands for 03/22/30 heh-heh, same forward as backward.

It's also nice to see Tory haven't really changed still f@#k up morally

This could also be called: How Did Hong Kong become a thing?

More maps maybe?

“Copious amounts” …someone has seen ‘Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels’

In June 1997 I flew from Taiwan to Hong Kong so I could be there for the hand over of the city on July 1st. It was the end of the Unequal Treaty as well as the last of the British Empire's big outposts to gain independence. I've since moved to Shanghai and I have visited the island of Zhoushan multiple times. It doesn't seem very spectacular, but it is easy to understand that at the time its place at the mouth of the river made it very strategic. Amoy (Xiamen) still has the foreign consulates from its time as a treaty port on the small island of Gulangyu. It's a pleasant place to visit and a bit surreal to be in Southern China and in a place whose architecture is very much 19th Century European.

This war, Admiral Perry's opening of Japan, and the Second Opium War, the sequel, were major incentives for Japan to modernize and attempt to become the hegemon of Eastern Asia, since if this could happen to China it could easily happen to Japan.

The term "hippies" came from opium dens, where the users grew sores on their hips from turning over on their beds/cots to take another hit of opium...

The people of China have a long memory.... Lord have mercy....

@vapaus831

4 ай бұрын

First, the definition of a ďrug đealer is a person who sells ìllegal đrugs. But what is happening is selling öpium ëxtract is légal in both UK and the Qìng at that time. So this statement is ùntenable.

How funny There's an English expression for this is goes "I wouldn't do it for all the tea in china"

Ngl I think u can do better w the channel intro. Do the same music, even same animation if u want, but do like quick cuts of war clips over the history or even related to ur video

This guys beard is different on his left side. The hair on his face is not the same on each side. It also looks like he’s trying to hide it with the light

Squire: "Are we... international drug dealers?"

@vapaus831

Ай бұрын

I have already overthrow his statement on Twitter.

Should be called the tea war

PSA : You can collect these poppies growing wild in any area where Chinese prospectors looked for gold in the 1800s...

Why is this channel called Warographics? There's hardly any graphics, and no maps.

Do one about how India outlawed kratom because it was ruining the state run opium trade.

5th! Oh wait I really don’t care.

In hindsight the British taking Hong Kong was mild compared to how much territory other nations would later carve from China: Russia took Kazahkstan, Mongolia, and Xian Jiang. Japan took Manchuria ,Tawain, and Korea. The French took Vietnam and the Germans took the Shendong Peninsula.

@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55

Жыл бұрын

Britain also took the "new territory" on the mainland north of Hong Kong.

@sowpmactavish

Жыл бұрын

Most of those countries were never yours, intsik

@theawesomeman9821

Жыл бұрын

@@sowpmactavish under various dynasties throughout history China ruled these countries for various amount of time.

@cmtwei9605

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 The British leased the New Territories for 99 years, that's why it was time to be returned to China in 1997 in the first place.

What about the English civil wars 1640s

Oh, my, British Empire. "The Chinese have us hooked on their tea, so we'll hook them on Opium"? Pretty nasty...

You are probably the hardest working KZreadr.

Maps would be helpful

There is no stopping drugs no matter what century youre from. People want to feel good no matter how bad it is for them or how much it hurts the ones that love them. The US war on drugs should show everyone that.