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A lot of people have been making a living here since 1841, when the British Empire colonized Hong Kong Island as a result of the First Anglo-Chinese War, also known as the First Opium War. Whereas the export of tea and other items such as silk from China to the United Kingdom… |
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in the 18th and early 19th centuries had resulted in a trade imbalance favorable to the Chinese, the fast-industrializing British were finally able to counter by exporting its own cash crop - the narcotic opium, in ever-growing quantities. |
