Question

how did British government get profit by selling opium

Answer 1

opium trade in Chinese history that traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries mostly Great Britain exported opium grown in India and sold it in China the British used the profit from the sale of opium to purchase at Chinese luxury goods as porcelain silk Ante which word in great demand in the west

Answer 2

heya..

Here is your answer...

The European traders hit upon an item which was in great demand in China but was produced in India this was opium.

The English encouraged Indian pigeons to produce large quantities of opium and and purchased it from them at very low cost.

This opium was smuggled illegally into China in sold there.

So, by the British government to get more profit by selling opium.

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