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Against Imperialism In China

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I am definitely against the Imperialism in China due to the fact that European are trying to take advantages of the Chinese. In fact, they also try to get free access to China resources but the only way to reward the Chinese is by silver. The European pay the Chinese by landing them the drug called opium and European demand the Chinese to surrender and obey them. The drug called opium was so awful that some Chinese were planning on stopping this drug from spreading. This drug was used as a tool by the colonial powers. One of the governor in China decided to destroy 2.6 millions pound of opium.
The European are trying to make more money and power. I totally understand they’re trying to find a way to survived and feed their people but the problem
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