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The impact of this 19th century conflict can still be felt in Chinese politics and soceity today.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The Opium Wars made it clear China had fallen gravely behind the West not just militarily, but economically and politically. Every Chinese government since even the ill-fated Qing Dynasty, which began the “Self-Strengthening Movement” after the Second Opium War has made modernization an explicit goal, citing the need to catch up with the West.
In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug trafficking racket and confiscated its dope.
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The reduced need for surgical pain relief during the pandemic has forced Tasmanian poppy processor Sun Pharma to cut its growing area for the coming season.
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Sun Pharma has slashed the size of its growing area across Tasmania as global demand for painkillers falls
Twenty growers in the state s south will be cut and a further 150 will have their contracts reduced
Worldwide demand for opium-based pain relief dropped to an all-time low last year as elective surgeries were cancelled
The multinational, which contracts growers across the state to produce poppies for its factory at Latrobe, has also made two field officers redundant as part of the cuts.