(Pre-recorded before the pandemic shut everything down)
In episode 46, Dan Parrella explains to Pedro Lima (and producer Chris Crespo) what the opium wars in China were all about. Why did China call itseld the Middle Kingdom and why did Britain decide to introduce opium to their Eastern trading partners and what does France have to do with any of it? All of these topics and more get broken down in this week’s show, enjoy!

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