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The Opium Wars: How British Merchants Defeated Imperial China
Julia Lovell's book "The Opium War" details how British merchants, backed by their government, introduced a massive narcotics epidemic into Asia, which ultimately corroded and defeated the once-powerful Chinese empire.
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