Opium Wars - THE RED PILL2024-03-28T18:21:58Zhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/forum/topics/opium-wars?feed=yes&xn_auth=noB. Van.
Look in and you will…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2017-02-04:3561936:Comment:891632017-02-04T02:49:15.272ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>B. Van.</p>
<p>Look in and you will start to see...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Indian_Navy#Origins" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Indian_Navy#Origins</a></p>
<p>B. Van.</p>
<p>Look in and you will start to see...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Indian_Navy#Origins" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Indian_Navy#Origins</a></p> We need to understand the opi…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2016-09-21:3561936:Comment:863512016-09-21T17:54:46.751ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>We need to understand the opium wars to get a grasp on how to better SEE events and history on the planet!</p>
<p>We need to understand the opium wars to get a grasp on how to better SEE events and history on the planet!</p> On February 27, 1876, after s…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2016-04-22:3561936:Comment:834772016-04-22T15:45:40.081ZAdisahttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/Adisa
<p>On February 27, 1876, after several confrontations between Korean isolationists and Japanese, Japan imposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1876" title="Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876">Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876</a>, forcing Korea open to Japanese trade. Similar treaties were signed between Korea and other nations.</p>
<p>Korea had traditionally been a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary_state" title="Tributary state">tributary…</a></p>
<p>On February 27, 1876, after several confrontations between Korean isolationists and Japanese, Japan imposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1876" title="Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876">Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876</a>, forcing Korea open to Japanese trade. Similar treaties were signed between Korea and other nations.</p>
<p>Korea had traditionally been a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary_state" title="Tributary state">tributary state</a> of China's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing Empire</a>, which exerted large influence over the conservative Korean officials gathered around the royal family of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a> kingdom. Opinion in Korea itself was split: conservatives wanted to retain the traditional relationship under China, while reformists wanted to approach Japan and Western nations. After fighting two Opium Wars against the British in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War" title="First Opium War">1839</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War" title="Second Opium War">1856</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-French_War" title="Sino-French War">another war against the French in 1885</a>, China was unable to resist the encroachment of Western powers (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unequal_Treaties" title="Unequal Treaties" class="mw-redirect">Unequal Treaties</a>). Japan saw the opportunity to take China's place in the strategically vital Korea.</p>
<p></p> The real reason why the autho…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2015-08-27:3561936:Comment:796192015-08-27T17:54:50.165ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>The real reason why the authorities keep poor people in check regarding finance!</p>
<p>B.</p>
<p>The real reason why the authorities keep poor people in check regarding finance!</p>
<p>B.</p> John Jacob Astor (July 17, 17…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2015-08-27:3561936:Comment:797212015-08-27T15:15:15.607ZAdisahttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/Adisa
<p><b>John Jacob Astor</b> (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848), born <b>Johann Jakob Astor</b>, was a German-American businessman, merchant, fur trader, and investor who was the first prominent member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a> and the first multi-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire" title="Millionaire">millionaire</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United…</a></p>
<p><b>John Jacob Astor</b> (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848), born <b>Johann Jakob Astor</b>, was a German-American businessman, merchant, fur trader, and investor who was the first prominent member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a> and the first multi-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire" title="Millionaire">millionaire</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. He was the creator of the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_%28business%29" title="Trust (business)">trust</a> in the United States.</p>
<p>With the permission of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, Astor established the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fur_Company" title="American Fur Company">American Fur Company</a> on April 6, 1808. He later formed subsidiaries: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Fur_Company" title="Pacific Fur Company">Pacific Fur Company</a>, and the Southwest Fur Company (in which Canadians had a part), in order to control fur trading in the Great Lakes areas and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia River</a> region. His Columbia River trading post at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Astoria" title="Fort Astoria">Fort Astoria</a> (established in April 1811) was the first United States community on the Pacific coast. He financed the overland <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Expedition" title="Astor Expedition" class="mw-redirect">Astor Expedition</a> in 1810–12 to reach the outpost. Members of the expedition were to discover <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pass_%28Wyoming%29" title="South Pass (Wyoming)">South Pass</a>, through which hundreds of thousands of settlers on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Trail" title="Mormon Trail">Mormon</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail" title="California Trail">California</a> trails passed through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>.</p>
<p>Astor's fur trading ventures were disrupted during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, when the English captured his trading posts. <strong>In 1816, he joined the opium-smuggling trade. His American Fur Company purchased ten tons of Turkish opium, then shipped the contraband item to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Canton</a> on the packet ship <i>Macedonian</i>.</strong></p> Wait until you discover some…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2014-12-08:3561936:Comment:763832014-12-08T16:46:48.586ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>Wait until you discover some of the other companies that were in cahoots with each other and used forced labor.</p>
<p>B.-</p>
<p>Wait until you discover some of the other companies that were in cahoots with each other and used forced labor.</p>
<p>B.-</p> The Mitsubishi Group (三菱グループ,…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2014-12-08:3561936:Comment:764782014-12-08T16:30:52.906ZAdisahttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/Adisa
<p>The <b>Mitsubishi Group</b> (三菱グループ, <i>Mitsubishi Gurūpu</i>) (also known as the <b>Mitsubishi Group of Companies</b> or <b>Mitsubishi Companies</b>) is a group of autonomous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> multinational companies <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> covering a range of businesses which share the Mitsubishi…</p>
<p>The <b>Mitsubishi Group</b> (三菱グループ, <i>Mitsubishi Gurūpu</i>) (also known as the <b>Mitsubishi Group of Companies</b> or <b>Mitsubishi Companies</b>) is a group of autonomous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> multinational companies <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> covering a range of businesses which share the Mitsubishi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a>, and legacy.</p>
<p>During the Second World War, Mitsubishi manufactured aircraft under the direction of Dr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi" title="Jiro Horikoshi">Jiro Horikoshi</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M" title="Mitsubishi A6M" class="mw-redirect">Mitsubishi A6M</a> ("Zero") was a primary Japanese naval fighter in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It was used by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> pilots throughout the war, including in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a></i> attacks during the later stages.</p>
<p>Mitsubishi made use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Japan#World_War_II" title="Slavery in Japan">forced labor</a> during this time period. Laborers included allied <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a>, as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="People's Republic of China" class="mw-redirect">Chinese</a> and Korean citizens. In the post-war period, lawsuits and demands for compensations were presented against the Mitsubishi Corporation, in particular by former Chinese slave laborers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p><strong>Mitsubishi was involved in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">opium</a> trade in China during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></strong></p> So much more happens once you…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2014-09-26:3561936:Comment:757662014-09-26T17:25:46.428ZClifford Blackhttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/CliffordBlack
<p>So much more happens once you are INSTRUCTING yourself.</p>
<p>B.</p>
<p>So much more happens once you are INSTRUCTING yourself.</p>
<p>B.</p> "Second War" and "Arrow War"…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2014-09-26:3561936:Comment:748422014-09-26T15:04:41.463ZAdisahttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/Adisa
<p>"Second War" and "Arrow War" are both used in literature. "Second Opium War" refers to one of the British tactical objectives: legalising the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_trade" title="Opium trade">opium trade</a>, expanding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolie</a> trade, opening all of China to British merchants, and exempting foreign imports from internal transit duties.</p>
<p>The word "coolie" reminded me of the word…</p>
<p>"Second War" and "Arrow War" are both used in literature. "Second Opium War" refers to one of the British tactical objectives: legalising the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_trade" title="Opium trade" class="mw-redirect">opium trade</a>, expanding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolie</a> trade, opening all of China to British merchants, and exempting foreign imports from internal transit duties.</p>
<p>The word "coolie" reminded me of the word "corvee" which I recently learned of.</p>
<p>The Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation, of which later U.S. president <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> was a director, was instrumental in supplying Chinese coolie labour to South African mines from c.1902 to c.1910 at the request of mine owners, who considered such labour cheaper than native African and white labour.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie#cite_note-Liggett_1930-38"></a></p> Opium prohibition in China be…tag:redpilltraining.ning.com,2014-09-26:3561936:Comment:756992014-09-26T14:28:36.679ZAdisahttps://redpilltraining.ning.com/profile/Adisa
<p>Opium prohibition in China began in 1729, yet was followed by nearly two centuries of increasing opium use. China had a positive balance sheet in trading with the British, which led to a decrease of the British silver stocks. Therefore, the British tried to encourage Chinese opium use to enhance their balance, and they delivered it from Indian provinces under British control. In India, its cultivation, as well as the manufacture and traffic to China, were subject to the…</p>
<p>Opium prohibition in China began in 1729, yet was followed by nearly two centuries of increasing opium use. China had a positive balance sheet in trading with the British, which led to a decrease of the British silver stocks. Therefore, the British tried to encourage Chinese opium use to enhance their balance, and they delivered it from Indian provinces under British control. In India, its cultivation, as well as the manufacture and traffic to China, were subject to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> (EIC), as a strict monopoly of the British government.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> There was an extensive and complicated system of EIC agencies involved in the supervision and management of opium production and distribution in India.</p>