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The Opium War
At the beginning of the 18th century, China 
has emerged as the global centre for preferred commodities.
has emerged as the global centre for preferred commodities.At that time, Britain and other European imperialists have amassed huge tons of Gold from African making these Europeans countries very rich and the citizens have developed strong taste for Chinese luxury goods.
By the end of the 18th Century, China had taken nearly a half of all the gold reserves the European countries have stored and more gold were moving out of Europe to China each day due to strong taste for Chinese goods by the European citizens.
The European governments realised that without having a strategy to curb the trend, China will completely collapse Europe. The Europeans decided to plant Opium in large quantities in their colonies and then introduce that in the Chinese society.
European merchants began to send opium to the Chinese Market in 1812 and in no time, the Chinese had become addicted to the European opium.
This singular act saw the Chinese giving back the gold they have collected for a period of 100 years and over from Europe to demand for the Opium in large quantities. Not only were the Europeans taken back their gold, many of the Chinese citizens began to be destroyed through the opium addiction, their production and the economy began to fall rapidly than anyone could have predicted.
When the Chinese government realised the situation, it placed a ban on both the trade and the use of opium in the country.
Unfortunately, this response action had come too late because the people had already become addicted to the substance. Britain saw a weakened society and in 1839 it waged war on the Chinese government, sadly, the citizens of China went to support the British to defeat and destroy China because they couldn't live without opium so they fought their own government in order that the British can supply them with opium.
-The people who exploit us to sustain their luxury living will always have a strategy to keep us in an exploitative state, their strategy may even include destroying us completely, we must think deep and ahead in order to protect our interests.
Without multiples of strategies and counter strategies, we may not end well.
The African Continental Unity Party (ACUP) must be on guard to strategize beyond ourselves and our generations. We must succeed in determination to promoting and defending our interests.
Join the African Continental Unity Party, register your membership at www.africanacup.org
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