Bc Britain wanted to trade their opium for china’s tea
See: India/Opium Trade
The tea and Opium trade
selling opium
The opium trade was extremely profitable for the British, and thus they wished to end the ban of opium in order to resume the opium trade and make profits.
The tea and Opium trade
The reason why Lin opposed the opium trade with Britain was because of opium abuse. There were already serious issues with it and Lin did not want to do anything to make them worse.
They helped ban the opium trade.
a treaty ending the Second Opium War
Britain gaind the right to trade with china
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
The trade policies of Britain.
British merchants carrying no opium would buy tea in Canton on credit, and would balance their debts by selling opium at auction.