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Opium has been available for 5,000 years. Chinese indigenous opium was inferior to the opium grown by the British on Indian plantations, so opium users favored the imported product. The British essentially forced imported opium on the Chinese, and large numbers of people became addicted. The British used profits to fund its domination of India. The Chinese government tried to control drug abuse in the 19th century, but found it was impossible without British support. The British were very much against the Chinese growing their own opium. There is no reason to believe that poppies are not native to parts of China. See "Opium," by Martin Booth.
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How did Britain seek to correct it's balance of trade with China?
selling opium
Why did the opium trade exist?
Bc Britain wanted to trade their opium for china’s tea
What was result of the opium wars?
Britain gaind the right to trade with china
Why were the British eager to end the ban on opium in China?
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
What company began trading opium to china?
I think you meant to ask: What country began trading opium with china? The answer to that is: England. They trade opium with china in return for tea.
What effect did missionaries have on trade in China?
They helped ban the opium trade.
Which best explains why the British were eager to end the ban on opium in China?
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
Which event resulted in the legalization of the opium trade in China?
a treaty ending the Second Opium War
What was the result of Britain making money in the opium trade with China?
China declared a ban on opium trading and ordered Britain to stop
What kind of problems did opium cause in china?
The opium war mainly began because of the British and China having an opium trade for tea. The British would get there tea if China got there opium. but the cause of the war was that china wouldn't accept opium anymore, and the british wern't okay with that.
Why the British were eager to end the ban of opium in china?
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.
What was a result the opium wars?
Britain gaind the right to trade with china
