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The Opium Wars (two separate events) were between the Chinese and the British empire during 1839-1842 and again in 1856-1860. It began when the Chinese began restricting trade, the British in turn began selling opium to Chinese smugglers who in turn began distributing it illegally in China leading to widespread addiction and a downturn in economic productivity and political unravelling.
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Did the Chinese start a war because they didn't tell anybody how to make silk?
No. China did not start the Opium wars. The Opium wars were started by the British, who desperately wanted Chinese products, but were not able to get any because the Chinese people were not interested in British imports. Britain finally discovered Opium, and quickly got the Chinese population addicted. When the emperor of the time banned Opium, Britain attacked China, which launched the Opium wars.
Why did China try to block the import of British opium?
Millions of Chinese became addicted to the drug this has to do with impeialism. the british wanted to trade and have an influence over china, and take control of it. the Chinese believed that they were superior than the europeans, and would not have any realations with them. the only thing that they would accept from the british was the opium. when they realized their intentions, the Chinese attempted to stop the import
What was Lin's solution to the problem of opium consumption in China?
Lin's solution was to punish any native chinese who sell opium with death, and even people who merely smoke it. therefore it is that those foreigners who import opium into china are condemned to be beheaded and strangled by the new law
Does anyone have any idea where night clubs originated from Or the origins of the night club?
The London Opium Den in the environs of Covent Garden / Soho is reckoned to be the 1st night Club in the UK. Prostitution & the use of Opium from China was encouraged there.
Does opium show up in any energy drinks?
Opium is a controlled substance in the US, regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration under the Controlled Substances Act. Is opium in any energy drink? Not in the US.
What are the negative effects of British control in China?
Actually, neither Britain nor any other European country ever controlled China. Britain tried to gain influence and went to war against China in 1842 as the Chinese wouldn't let British sell opium (heroine!) to China. At the end of this small-scale war China had to hand over part of Hong Kong to Britain and make some other minor concessions. This triggered rivlaries in the Far East between the European colonial powers, each keen to have its port(s) and concessions. Although all this was very demeaning for the Chinese, the competition between the European powers had the effect of preventing any one country from gaining control.
What does the McMahon line demarcate the boundary between?
The Imperial Chinese Kingdom and the British had drawn a line to demarcate the territory between India and China. Somewhere after 1947 British and Imperial China both ceased to rule their respective countries and any agreements signed between British India and Imperial China came to naught. This applies to McMohan line as well. MeMohan line existed then as a line to demarcate India and China but it simply does not exist any more.
What is the lasting impact of the Great Wall of China?
One lasting impact of the Great Wall of China was that it brought fear to any one who would threaten China. The wall protected the people of China and helped them defend the country against an invasion by the Manchu in 1600.
Why did railroad companies begin hiring immigrants to build the transcontinental railroad during the civil war?
I doubt the civil war had much to do with it. Cheap labor is the short answer to your question. However, if you are willing to research this feat, you will find the Civil War is the beginning of a massive change in America from States Rights to a powerful Federal Government (the greatest fear of the Founding Fathers and the roots of the American Constitution). And the Transcontinental Railroad the beginnings of what we today all know as "the war on drugs." A political fiction with very nasty consequences for the American economy. To stay with the railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad is the beginning of today's War on Drugs and most illegal drug law in the United States that's choking our economy. It is the root source of our exploding prison population and any number of evils perpetrated upon the American people in the 21st Century by government? It is also the source of the term "pig tail" used for a woman's hair style today. The story begins when the British became addicted to Chinese tea to the degree that it created a trade deficit (imports over exports) which began to empty the British Treasury of silver. You see, the Chinese saw the British as barbarians and felt their products were inferior to Chinese products. They didn't really want to do business with the British and would only accept payment in silver for their exported tea. This made it a one-way trade relationship for the British government. Not good. After some decades of this the British hatched a plan to addict the Chinese to opium. A drug that had been used as a medicine for centuries in China, but had no real abuse issues and wasn't illegal to own or use. The British had plenty of opium from the Northern India territories, but the Chinese had existing trade routes across land for their supplies. Keep in mind that opium in those days didn't have the stigma it has today, it was a medicine and had been used as such for centuries to save lives. It also wasn't the big cash crop it is today, but I digress. The British sent ships from their ports in India to China loaded with cargo of 70-pound chests brimming full of raw opium. They had warehouses filled with it in the Chinese port cities. This alone didn't solve their problem because the Chinese were not new to opium and the British opium was certainly nothing special. However, the British introduced the Chinese to something they didn't have--the pipe. A technology brought back from the American Indians a century earlier. Smoking opium created a very different result for the British and their business venture became a success. The opium trade began to flow. Silver traveled from England to China to buy tea, traveled from China to India to purchase Middle East opium, and traveled from India to Britain as trade between India (a British colony) and England was robust. Problem solved. Many Chinese addicts lost everything to opium addiction after the introduction of the pipe and sold themselves into indentured servitude to pay debts. They were shipped as miners to South America, and workers on the Transcontinental Railroad in the U.S.. Due to their hair style resembling a pig's tail with the European slavers, this form of slavery was termed as the "Pig Trade", and the braided lock of hair on Chinese men termed a "pig tail". After the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad the thousands of hard-working Chinese were no longer wanted in the U.S. It was viewed that they were taking the White jobs during an economic depression that followed the railroad's completion. Congress passed a law that later became the Harrison Narcotics Act which made the raw form of smoked opium illegal, but left heroin and morphine legal as these derivatives were used by many American businesses in their patent-medicines. Only the Chinese smoked opium. Any Chinaman found guilty of smoking opium was deported. Problem solved.
Did the salt march have any impact?
Yes, the salt march gave a large impact for the British. At once they thought they should leave india and let it be an independent country
Was there ever any illegal drugs in jagermeister?
Opium in the 80's.
What drug is made from poppy seeds?
opium Using poppy seeds in foods such as bagels, etc are now not counted by your doctor as opiate use due to the level of result from a urine/lab test (from a gas chromatograph). Unfortunately, large use such as the "poppy seed, pineapple juice with bromalain formula" will test as morphine use. This will elininate you from any opiod regime your doctor is treating you with!
