How China was Defeated by Britain's $2 Billion Drug Cartel | Opium Wars

Support my work by becoming a member:    / @anichebhargav   1971 India-Pakistan War:    • How India Defeated Pakistan and Liberated ...   Indian Food After European Colonisation:    • Indian Food Before vs. AFTER European Colo...   Before the 19th century, China was one of the most powerful nations in the world. But in the span of 40 years, Britain had flooded China with a foreign narcotic, enabled widespread drug addiction, and made unbelievable profits off their drug cartel operating from India. This is the story of the Opium Wars: how Britain forced opium cultivation on Indian farmers, smuggled it into China, and fought a war to force the Chinese to legalise opium. #history #chinesehistory #britishhistory #indianhistory #opiumwars #china