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British sales of opium to China in the nineteenth century represented a response to Britain’s trade deficit with that nation. Economically, opium had exactly the intended effect, reversing the balance of payments, as indicated by silver flows.Socially, it was catastrophic: Opium is highly addictive and as much as 12% of China’s adult population became hooked on it as a result of cheap British im..