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What was the significance of the opium trade in china in the nineteenth century?.
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What was the significance of the opium trade in china in the nineteenth century?.

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Beyond the health problems related to opium addiction, the increasing opium trade with the Western powers meant that for the first time, China imported more goods than it exported. Settling this financial problem eventually led to the First Opium War between Great Britain and China, from 1839 to 1842.

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