{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Nightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark","title":"How This Queen Became the Biggest Drug Lord","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/72571887\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":977,"description":"Use the code NIGHTSHIFT or click on the link https://displate.com/@nightshift to get 26% off for one Displate, 31% off for two, and 36% off for three or more Displates. (Discount excludes Limited Editions.)\n\nSources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-opium-wars/\n\nIn the 18th century, the British Empire faced a growing demand for Chinese tea, but nothing they offered could convince their trading partner to offer them better terms. Finally, the British discovered a successful counter measure, a product China actually seemed ready to buy: opium. British traders built a massive opium trade that refilled the Empire's coffers and destabilized China’s economy and society. When Chinese officials tried to stop the flow, it set off a chain of events that escalated into war, opening the country by force and reshaping global power dynamics for generations.\nThis is the story about the Opium War, and how a simple craving for tea led to a full scale war.\n\nHOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US?\n▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀\nWe can only make our videos thanks to your support. ✨\nBecome a channel member on YouTube \nGet Products designed with ❤️ https://shop.kgs.link\nJoin the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 https://kgs.link/patreon","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qUfzibEscefuh_aas2DFpp5I7SI7p4XeutNAnm_HrXI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83N2E3/OGI1ZDQxOWVkMWUx/ZTZhMmY0MDI2MDc4/ZDBkYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}