Opium
British merchants carrying no opium would buy tea in Canton on credit, and would balance their debts by selling opium at auction.
Tea from China cause a trade in balance with Britain, so Brits got the Chinese addicted to opium with military force and guns. The Chinese government resist but was too weak to enforce her policy. The Brits won. The British set a gold standard for all the drug cartels!
The emphasis on landscape in Chinese paintings reflects the Daoist search for balance in nature.
Two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section.
chinese silk continued to be in high demand in europe
British merchants carrying no opium would buy tea in Canton on credit, and would balance their debts by selling opium at auction.
Tea from China cause a trade in balance with Britain, so Brits got the Chinese addicted to opium with military force and guns. The Chinese government resist but was too weak to enforce her policy. The Brits won. The British set a gold standard for all the drug cartels!
harmony and balance
平衡 [píng héng]
Andrzej Krassowski has written: 'Aid and the British balance of payments' -- subject(s): Balance of payments, British Economic assistance
it is the balance of which the ancient chinese used to symetrically lay out their houses
The emphasis on landscape in Chinese paintings reflects the Daoist search for balance in nature.
The Yin and Yang symbol. (See Link)
The yin and yang symbol is Chinese in origin, representing the concept of dualism in ancient Chinese philosophy. It symbolizes balance and harmony between opposing forces.
The goal of Chinese medicine is not to eliminate either yin or yang, but to allow the two to balance each other and exist harmoniously together
A. Krassowski has written: 'Aid and the British balance of payments'
Just like many British girls used to balance books to correct their walking posture in the past.