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jan 1, 1729 - Shanghai Commission

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Opium was banned in China in 1729. The drug was later being shipped through India by Britain until 1839 when the Chinese destroyed a shipment of opium and were forced to pay $18 million in reparations to the British.

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jan 1, 1729
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~ 296 years ago