The Opium Wars and the Secret Opium Fleet of the Qing

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The Opium Wars and the Secret Opium Fleet of the Qing

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In this episode, Lucas and Luna uncover the little-known story of how the Qing Dynasty secretly operated its own fleet of opium-transporting ships during the Opium Wars. As British and American merchants flooded China with opium, the Daoguang Emperor's own officials—including the governor-general of Liangjiang—were complicit in smuggling the very substance they publicly banned. We explore the clandestine network of Qing officials, Cantonese compradors, and Tanka boat people who ran opium from Lintin Island to the mainland, the failed efforts of Lin Zexu to stamp out the trade, and how this hypocrisy weakened the Qing from within. Along the way, we meet figures like Deng Tingzhen, who tried to regulate the trade rather than ban it, and the shadowy 'Red Boat' fleet that moved opium under imperial auspices. This episode sheds light on the moral contradictions that made the Opium Wars as much an internal crisis as an external conflict. #OpiumWars #QingDynasty #LinZexu #DaoguangEmperor #DengTingzhen #LintinIsland #Canton #Tanka #Compradors #Smuggling #OpiumTrade #EastIndiaCompany #PearlRiverDelta #SecretFleet #RedBoats #ChineseHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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