The Opium Wars were between England and China. Opium is a drug that is illegal in England, but the English sold it/traded it to the Chinese anyways. The Emperor or China wanted England to stop trading Opium to his people, because it was servilely damaging China's economy, and its people. Chinese men were getting addicted to Opium, and even though the Emperor wrote a letter to England to stop the Opium trading. They still continued to do so, in the end England won because of China's lack of advanced technology compared to England.
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