중국-영국간 아편 및 은의 흐름

 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 imports.
The Manchu regime’s opposition prompted the Opium wars of the 1840s,
which Britain won handily, opening China to the establishment of foreign treaty ports.

출처 : The World Economy - Geography, Business, Development (6th) by Frederick P. Stutz (2011) (Pearson) - 52page

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