How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/world/asia/trump-china-xi-opium-trade.html

> ".. if gain-seeking desires had not cauterised their souls" Governer of Canton Lin Zexu

> ".. we should thus certainly put a value on riches and slight men's lives" Chinese Commissioner Keying

https://archive.org/details/indochineseopium00hillrich
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