An interestingly Eurocentric reversal of the circumstances of the Opium Wars, in which - admittedly long before Tintin's era - Britain waged war on China for trying to stop the East India Company… - Matthew Clapham

… Tintin, a comic series I watched nonstop as a child. In one of my favorite movies, The Blue Lotus, Tintin investigates a Chinese drug smuggling gang incognito. Through his disguise, he sneaks into the opium den called The Blue Lotus.
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An interestingly Eurocentric reversal of the circumstances of the Opium Wars, in which - admittedly long before Tintin's era - Britain waged war on China for trying to stop the East India Company selling drugs to the Chinese...
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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.
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