Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.