Amar Jesani
@amarjesani.bsky.social
Researcher, teacher, activist - bioethics, public health & human rights. Editor https://ijme.in & co-founder https://fmesinstitute.org Mumbai India. A visiting faculty at a few institutions and universities. Loves reading - fiction, nonfiction & academic.
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As more & more British money disappeared into Chinese pockets to pay for tea, there developed a vital need to sell something to China to stop the haemorrhage of gold. From 1780, the East India Company realised that India already produced a product the Chinese would willingly pay for: opium.
April 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As more & more British money disappeared into Chinese pockets to pay for tea, there developed a vital need to sell something to China to stop the haemorrhage of gold. From 1780, the East India Company realised that India already produced a product the Chinese would willingly pay for: opium.
Reposted by Amar Jesani
