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  • Opposition [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Drugs weren't grown in China. They were grown in India and Pakistan (was the same territory back then) and imported to China.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      they were grown in China. The British when they were in the process of getting the Chinese addicted to opium grew the drugs in colonial India. However over time the British were largely pushed out of the Chinese opium market by domestic competition

    • Fishroot [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      there were actual Cash crops of opium during the sino-japanese war, a lot of japanese General made fortune in the trade (tojo iirc)