Written just before the Hong Kong handover to Chin..

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Written just before the Hong Kong handover to China in 1997. I don't think the last line is valid today. But having to endure the Opium Wars may be a good reason why China won't help the west with the fentanyl crisis.

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/0....6/28/opinion/the-opi

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Opinion | The Opium War's Secret History - The New York Times

Karl E Meyer Editorial Notebook column on conflict between Britain and China from 1839 to 1842 known as Opium War, which marked beginning of a century of humiliation for China; recalls a secret history of Opium War: involvement of Warren Delano, a 24

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