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In the 19th century, the British Empire claimed to stand for free trade, morality, and civilization.
Behind that image lay a far darker reality.

This historical documentary explores the Opium Empire, revealing how Britain flooded China with opium to fix a massive trade deficit—while forcing India under British rule to grow the drug that poisoned millions. The result was widespread addiction, economic collapse, and the Opium Wars, which reshaped China, India, and the global balance of power.

From the poppy fields of colonial India to the opium dens of Canton, and from the halls of the British Parliament to gunboat diplomacy along the Chinese coast, this video uncovers how imperial policy, corporate greed, and so-called free trade were enforced at the barrel of a gun.

The Opium Wars were not accidents of history.
They were deliberate acts of British imperialism, driven by profit and protected by military power.

This is the hidden history of how Britain poisoned China and profited from India—a story of empire, exploitation, and one of the most devastating drug trades in world history.

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