COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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The British protect their citizens from opium by making it illegal, but they willingly harm Chinese citizens by selling opium in China in order to make a large profit.
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The British should allow Chinese merchants to sell opium to the British, just as British merchants sell opium to China.
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The profits that the British make by selling opium in China should be shared equally between the two nations because Chinese people contribute to these profits.
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China will declare war on Britain if the British do not increase the supply of opium they bring to China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Apparently Commissioner Lin sent a letter to the young Queen Victoria exhorting her to acknowledge the laws of China that prohibited the importation and sale of opium, and warning that Chinese officials would order the seizure and immolation of any ships found engaged in the trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lin Zexu Letter to Queen Victoria, letter written to stop opium trading. In letter to Queen Victoria he pleads with queen victoria to respect chinese law, largely because chinese allowed british to trade there.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lin Zexu was sent to Canton, the chief trading port of the East India Company, with instructions to negotiate an end to the importation of opium into China. The English merchants were uncooperative, so he seized their stores of opium. This led to immediate military action.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lin’s letter to Queen Victoria was sent during his anti-opium campaign. Lin asked Queen Victoria to stop the sale of opium from India to China. In response to British merchants’ request for protection, the British fleet was on its way to Guangzhou.