this large mural highlighting the opium wars of the mid-1800s between Britain and China. When you first learn of these wars, one might assume that caused by the Chinese trading the drugs and the British wanted to stop it. However, that was not the case. The British East India Company was growing the opium in India and trading it to the Chinese for silk, tea and other fine trade goods. Opium was a product traded on the ancient Silk Road for centuries. When the Chinese leaders tried to stop the importation…
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