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this was how British monarch enjoyed their quality life style in UK at the expense of Chinese opium smokers ...
Drug money is easy money and monopolize Drug lord is even better? 2000% profit who don't want?
But Britain saw not ultimate ruin but a 2,000% profit on each 130 pound chest. The Company sold 3,000 chests in 1790 and 30,000 chests in 1836. Between 1820 and 1835 alone, China’s addict population grew 50 fold.
http://www.amoymagic.com/OpiumWar.htm
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive in the royal carriage at Ascot Racecourse on the fifth day of Royal Ascot in Ascot, Britain on June 20, 2015.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/ph..._134343929.htm
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