I'm warming to _Imperial Twilight_ the later sections are exceptionally well-writen and researched about the Canton trade and about diplomatic operations from each side it's entrancing there's still occasional tendentiousness but now very outweight by the content
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it's ultimately a story about a vast and historical drug war that no one seems to talk about anymore the china-britain relationship is interesting but i find the early groping toward drug policy much more compelling
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china is currently trying to balance domestic policy with a drug wave against a balance of trade issue exacerbated by currency controls
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britain is trying very hard to respect china's sovereignty and actually making them angry in the process britain doesnt want to act like theyre enforcing british law in a chinese territory (for british traders), china wants them to for the love of god come get your boys
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not hong kong specifically yet
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