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The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.
Robert Trout
Robert Trout
Born: Oct 15, 1909
Died: Nov 14, 2000

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Destruction, Ugly, Crimes, India, Seizure, Takeover, Empire, Most, Opium, China, Aspect, Use, Flood, British, British Empire

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