I read about this a long long while back, after being introduced to opium via TinTin (the books not some backend drug dealer).
It was something like, British gold and silver for Indian opium. Indian opium for Chinese tea. Chinese tea for Britons.
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musab 5:35 pm on June 22, 2008 | #
I read about this a long long while back, after being introduced to opium via TinTin (the books not some backend drug dealer).
It was something like, British gold and silver for Indian opium. Indian opium for Chinese tea. Chinese tea for Britons.