A Jew was behind the Opium Wars
By andygogo
@andygogo (1579)
China
December 29, 2006 1:22pm CST
Perhaps the single most devastating event in the entire China's history -- its negative impacts are even more profound than the last Sino-Japanese war. The Opium War could be traced to one source. One person. One villian. But who was he?
url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sassoon[/url]http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/jan/article129.html
David Sassoon. The one person who started and held the monopoloy on the opium trade in China.
An overview of his business in China: Opium in China
More about the Sassoons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sassoon
http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/jan/article129.html
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/0510/cu18-2.html
http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-sass.htm
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