Rubio remarked, referencing the Opium Wars that confronted China and British opium merchants, as quoted by RFA. The Opium Wars that occurred between 1839 and 1842 and 1856 and 1860 saw China ...

In the second Opium War, from 1856-1860, Britain allied with France, and again the imperial power came out on top, forcing China to open up eleven additional ports to foreign trade and maintain ...