@@yfelwulf 1. there is no UK air base near Dover. 2. Why does US not just fly it to their own bases in Germany? 3. A you tube channel is not reliable proof.
@@yfelwulf I believe there has been a legitimate harvesting of opium poppies in Afghanistan for a long time. That stupid war destroying the farm fields was propaganda in the highest level of stupidity, where do you think medical use morphine comes from? Synthetic alternatives are not as effective or safe.
I'm hoping "lizard people" and other terms are synonyms for "narcissists". Narcissism is what makes some humans seem like intergalactic beings. A lack of empathy and a joy from seeing others suffer under their control are the main attributes. Anyone who has not just survived but thrived in the corporate world are narcissists. Almost every politician is a narcissist (some exceptions in smaller political parties and electorates). Narcissists are the real threat you need to look out for in your day to day life.
@@archstanton6102 yfelwulf is a Wumao my friend part of the communist party's 50 cent army that get paid for each post. Usually they have a script to post from.
I'm British, nearly 70 and was never taught anything about this at school. Oddly, I came across it through reading an historical novel series, one of which dealt with it. Fantastic that you're dealing with it in your audio series. Thank you very much.
I assume you’re talking about the Ibis trilogy by Amitav Ghosh. I also knew very little about this war until reading those. I live in Shenzhen and occasionally travel to Guangzhou, and after reading those books I was able to see some of the settings, like the enclave in Canton and some of the islands that were guarding the river. With the scale of the place, and all the development that taken place in the past few decades, it’s wild to picture a few little wooden boats sailing around here and dominating the local empire’s forces!
You might want to read "Flashman and the Dragon", by George MacDonald Fraser. The novel touches on the Opium trade, the Tai'ping Rebellion and the 1860 expedition to Peking[as it was called by the West then]. If you've read any of the other Flashman novels, you'll know what to expect.
I am from GB and 57, we were most definitely taught about both opium wars. Very interesting too. We have always been a bunch of thuggish pirates. I might add HSBC did the banking...
@@alastairsmith1096 Piracy is as old a commercial endeavor as sailing. People have been engaged in it since we started haring about in rafts and canoes. Commerce raiding, i.e. legalized piracy, is an established part of naval doctrine around the world for centuries.
As someone whose parents are from HK and Macau, this is much appreciated Dr. Felton. Best doc I've seen by far, in any language, on this critical part of history.
Perhaps the only reason I know of this was that my mother was from HK. There is a veritable ton of history that routinely vanishes down the memory hole.
One of my favorite works of art was from a Chinese artist who depicted two scenes. One was a Chinese boxer trying to kill a British Officer and its titled Savage. The other is the British Office trying to kill a Chinese Boxer and it is title Civilized.
It's hard to really call the allied powers in China during the Boxer rebellion as truly "the good guys" but the boxers were definitely savages. They believed they had magic powers and slaughtered any non asians they could find and massacred as many Christians as possible while raiding their own fellow chinese for supplies, killed civilians, and even engaged in everything from torturing chinese people for doing business Europeans to cannibalizing Europeans. The Europeans occasionally killed civilians during the war and had their own problems with racism but the Boxers had a genocidal view on par with the nazis when it came to their views on non chinese and when it came to their views on christianity. At a time when most countries were adopting machine guns and building steam powered battleships and experimenting with chemical weapons and military aircraft the Boxers were using human wave attacks with spear armed fanatics like it was still the medieval period and not the dawn of the 20th century
oh, the British was realy rules the world as it was said. asaik a little bit as well, the British once ever went on the another campaign to Java as well.
Dr. Mark Felton delivers again, 42:39 minutes of a fantastic telling of real historical snapshot. I'm looking forward parts 2 and 3 so I don't know why 6 liked thumbs down, maybe dislikers of Real Historical Events. Thanks again Dr. Felton.
The Opium Wars are my all time favorite military history. Thank you very much for covering them Doctor. Looking forward to part 2. Keep up the great work Sir!
What a very interesting topic, learned quite a lot from this period of history about international trade and the relationship between England & China. Thank you Mark, I really enjoy this format for the morning commute, it’s a great way to start a day! Cheers
Thanks for this series, Dr. Mark. I know _of_ The Opium Wars but I really don't _know_ about The Opium Wars. I look forward to a better understanding of this when I'm done listening.
@noel hopley suppose you only drink coffee ol' boy. Yeah another crusader failing to make me feel guilty for not living in a grass hut with malaria. Its called English breakfast tea. I get mine from Sri Lanka. But now it's coffee time(south American). Espresso of course. Unlike the typical sjw i embrace what we learned from other cultures just like the cultures that appropriate white man's technology. Funny thing is you don't see all these oppressed people moving back to their ancestral homes. Infact they risk their lives to get out of the shitholes they created for themselves after colonial rule. Uganda anyone.
@@scarletcrusade77 yeah yeah your the red trying to get under my bed. Communism failed. Probably all the bullet to the back of the head thing. Bet your the first to scream for the lawer you will deny us.
Minor correction: Lin Zexu was not a Manchu noble. He was born in Fujian province of Han ethnicity, and was a what was called a Han Official. Therefore, he was a Mandarin but not a Manchu.
Superb documentary - absolutely riveting. Dr. Felton gave an account that was truly fair and thoroughly balanced. Terrific job of research on this war. Kudos.
I knew next to nothing about the opium wars other than the present day one in Afghanistan. Thank you again Doctor Felton for educating me YET AGAIN! I wish you had been one of my professors in college!
Checkout the CIA front company Air America. During the Vietnam War they traded with the Hmong warriors of Laos M-16's for opium that was then turned into heroin. Poppies were grown in a region know as the Golden Triangle that comprised parts of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. We funded a whole secret war in Laos with the proceeds.
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for yet another highly interesting history lesson. The next parts will allow your fans to keep "chasing the Dragon".. intellectually, that is. 😎
Thank you Dr Felton. I hope you will cover more 19th and 20th century wars and conflicts in the foreseeable future. I am convinced a lot of people would be quite interested in the Balkan Wars.
As a long time subscriber to your channel AND someone born and raised in Hong Kong This is a fascinating video Would love it if you can put more maps, especially local ones when you talk about the particular battles So many of the places you mentioned in this video I have been to personally, without realising the significance
One thing I regretted the most about my education was the way history was taught. It lacked sufficient critical analysis of events and their subsequent impact on future history. Not to mention the limited perspective and viewpoints from which it was taught. As a result I lost interest in the subject and my post secondary education consisted mainly of scientific and engineering subjects. Luckily I reinvigorated my interest after I left school thanks to people like Mark Felton and James Burke (host of the series Connections) who were able to illuminate history in a revealing and humanistic manner. History is not merely about dates and events but of human interaction, human failures and triumphs, and the connected nature of history that binds together our collective fates. My education would have been far richer had there been someone like Dr. Felton to teach history. The proper education of history is a vital part of having a citizenry who are able to appreciate and understand world events.
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe. ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium. ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html CIA & Drugs History Vietnam www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️ ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
Back when world powers didn't have to be duplicitous about their imperial plundering. Today we have to lie to ourselves to absolve our guilt, even though deep down we all know whats going on.
Thank you Mark Felton for this multipart series. The people need to be aware of this. It's barely talked about and admire and applaud how thorough you are presenting this dark part of history. I hope people realize how much more deeper this all goes. I just also hope that certain people don't want to "shut you up". Cheers from Ohio, USA.
A War on drugs to pad the coffers of a Country with trade and the use of steam powered vessels to make war for the trade of drugs - not a proud moment for the British Empire. Cheers and amazing research that I am literally sitting and listening to with intrigue and interest.
While learning more ww2 stories is nice, an adventure to another time with dr Felton is always welcome. I understand that viewership for exclusively ww2 is fairly small, probably why many tv shows don't focus on it. If you really want to have a huge channel, I would recommend doing animated battles, something like Kings and Generals. While I don't really need animations, I think a lot of the younger people would get bored listening to a story with a few still images sprinkled in.
Jonathan Spence has a good article on the Opium Wars. He points out that opium was not introduced into China by the British, but rather was in such common use prior to the arrival of the British that it was used as currency. Peasants would take a block of opium with the m to the market, and shave off a few grams to pay for their vegetables. What the British -- who were facing a currency crisis due to the Chinese refusal to admit articles of British manufacture into their markets, although they surely would have found buyers -- were looking for was a replacement for the Silver which was all the Chinese would permit as currency. Since Opium was a de facto currency, they took Indian opium, which was much more potent and hence much more valuable, into the market by shipping it over from the subcontinent. This only worked for about ten years, until the Chinese were able to replicate the more potent Indian strains and the market for the British import dissipated.
Why are the Opium Wars not taught in schools? I know it is only China. It is no importance. Even in Hong Kong, it was only touched upon by way of explaining the reason for waging wars to force opium importation to China due to the desire balance the imbalance trade between England and China. It wasn't women's right or democracy at the time a mere 100 years ago.
opium has been in used in china since time immemorial as a painkiller. it was only when some chinese decided to get high on opium that started the mess. much like how heroin and lsd started the drug epidemic.
Your choice of detail brings out the structural historical forces at play. It is also great to hear a patriotic yet objective historian. Thank you for these audios.
Objective yet patriotic 🤣. Now how exactly can that even be. Yes, a crude example of dissonance cognitive dissonance, and I'm not talking about this representation of the author's presentation of history btw. Btw, I'm talking about you. Just in case you're not quick enough. I'm doing it for your sake as well, seeing as you couldn't possibly be intellectually competent yet think someone can be patriotic yet objective.
@@ntokozosibanyoni1421 by all means express yourself my friend. However, the Opium Wars are always depicted in a completely negative light against the UK. This video did a great job keeping to the facts and have sympathies for both the Chinese and the soldiers. Also, if you're going to talk about cognitive dissonance, you might want to express the rest of your thoughts more articulately.
@@jmy106 Oh plz, if the British Empire was ever covered fairly and by ethical historians (I guess being mainstream means you have to be corrupt) then their representation in our heads would be no different to the Nazis, so spare me the bullshit about a "negative" portrayal of the Empire and its murderous soldiers. Btw, you know I'm being more or less friendly to ya, you should've just told me you don't understand what cognitive dissonance means and I would've had no issue explaining it to ya FRIEND🙂. But then again, since you didn't bother to ask why should I answer. But I'll give you advice nonetheless, google it, read it and see what it means, if you still have a hard time understanding it, go and ask any educated person within your social circle as to what it means. Then come here and you'll understand what I meant by it yeah? (Questions rhetorical btw, just in case you answer it or something). 😂Alright, I'll stop, but admittedly I feel I have to treat my fellow conservatives like this (and I suspect you to be heavily conservative if you think that representation of the opium war was "objective") because I truly do believe to be a conservative means you have to lack critical thinking skills since your goal is to not CRITICIZE the contemporary arrangement of things, so forgive me if I come off as a bit snobbish because I'm genuinely surprised by your statements 🙃
This popped up in my feed yesterday. Lo and behold I had just finished listening to Flashman and the Dragon. The book follows the 19th Century fiction cad, paltroon, coward and montebank as he blindly falls into one narrow scrape after another. The Flashman audio books are as hoot as David Case is the perfect narrator.
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe. ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium. ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html CIA & Drugs History Vietnam www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️ ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe. ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium. ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html CIA & Drugs History Vietnam www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️ ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
@@archstanton6102 why do you think that popy fields in Afghanistan increased untold number of times since "coalition of willing" came in. Talibans were persecuting farmers growing poppy, but when Americans came, they actually encouraged farmers to grow it. It became such a big problem that even Russia had to establish bases closer to Afghanistan to stop opium reaching their local population. CIA cargoes were loaded with this stuff and allows them to have so called black funds and finance other operations around the world. You'll read about this in 50 years time if you happen to live that long. Until then, don't call people out for revealing what's going on from your sheltered position.
@@trade1713 There is mo Air Base near Dover. So there is lie 1. You tube videos are not factual sources of evidence. Where are your peer reviewed evidence sources?
@@archstanton6102 you make no sense at all. Go and read what I said and then read your statement. This kind of writing wouldn't pass 3rd grade in primary school. Unfortunately we're not only on different level, but almost different dimension.
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe. ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium. ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html CIA & Drugs History Vietnam www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️ ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
... was about to collide with a grasping, heavily armed and velligerant nation of free-trading bucaneers, viciously adding ports and territories to its ever expanding empire with a determination unmatched even by the romans. God i love this style! its the kind of style my father used to teach me histoy when i has a child and whan made me very interestedin it.
I'd love for you to do a series on the East India Company. It's become one of my favorite topics to explore, and I'm sure there's plenty I don't yet know.
Dr. Felton, I'd suggest you do a presentation on the three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-26, 1852, 1885). Classic stories of British imperial expansion in Southeast Asia.
Thank Mr. Felton for this story. You just made me realize that all of that is due to tea addiction, so was the spark to the US revolution (the Boston Tea Party) few years after the “7 years international war “. That’s amazing!
@@mizzouranger134 Yes, I knew that he is now Dr. Felton. Thanks for underlining it. He deserves his title more than many other so called doctors. He is at the top of my very short list of highly respected historians.
You shot your self in the foot was when you used the word fiction. When you get your history from imaginary sources you are the problem we face today. Seriously who cares about a work of fiction. Go away and think about your shameless plug about an author that can only be found in a second book store.
@@matthewmcintosh4925 Clavell certainly did his research. If you want to read the court historians you’re welcome to do that. Storytellers like Clavell, Michener and Rutherfurd were able to weave fictional characters into historical events giving the reader a street level imaginative view of what it was really like to be there.
Reading Clavell and Michener made me want to explore that which I did not know. This is icing on the cake for me, maybe even get a cherry and some sprinkles!!!
@@aluckyshot actually i do read. The difference is that i can tell the difference between fact and fiction. Unlike you and your conspiracy theories. Yes yes I have firefly on DVD. You ain't as clever as you think you are. At the moment I am rereading the history of soviet space flight volume1, 2 and 3. Not Harry potter and the history of quidich.
Big Fan of your channel, Mark. Your research and prose are on point and l am an avid viewer. Having said that, I do have one tiny gripe regarding the oft-touted notion that Britain is to be credited with the so-called 'first globalisation'. Britain inherited the concept from the Spanish Empire which, after the foundation of Manila in 1571 and the initiation of the trans-Pacific silver trade, first established the economic integration of both hemispheres. A single Spanish Acapulco galleon would bring more silver to China than the entire Ming Empire would mine in one year (!). By the time of the union of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, in 1580, the Iberian Hapsburg empire was being called 'the empire where the sun never sets', literally centuries before Britain was relevant as a maritime power.
I can't say how unexpected this was and I love it. This war is so important to understanding Chinese international relations and so few in the West know of it
To be fair there is a ton of our own history we don’t know in the west it’s not a very strongly taught topic. Most people don’t even realize how brutal and vicious the Japanese were to the allies. And that’s slanted in the favor of the west and way way more recent and it’s still jot taught.
Where is Sir Harry Paget Flashman lol. The ficticious flashman novels by George MacDonald Fraser are actually a great snippet into the British History and other countries of course a superb read. Seriously though, this is how all powers act the world over. Yet another superb history lecture from Mr Felton.
Outstanding. Is there anyway you could give a lesson on the Russian navys involvement in the American civil war? And the Czars relationship with President Lincoln?
Holy Smoke what a story. I can’t wait for part 2. Thank You Sir Mark. And by the way I donated to your channel and Wickapedia. I saw below that only 2 percent donate. You do a lot of work for our enjoyment. I Thank You. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Most of history China really was as they felt the center of their world until around the 19th century, even a few decades before the first war the qing emperor qianlong ruled over a prosperous populous vast empire where Europeans had to send their silver just to trade for tea and porcelain and silk, some peoples around China were ruled by the manchu empire like mongols Uighurs Tibetans or paid tribute like Korea Japan Vietnam, but the Chinese seem to have taken their position and their worldview for granted and had no clue what was coming at them, they were really quite shocked and unprepared for the coming of the British, with opium the British finally cracked the problem of having to pay with silver rather than trading with commodities, a real turning point in modern times but in the long history of China just a blip on the radar
@@steventhompson399 Dear Steven: China and India had the #1 and #2 largest economies in the world respectively for centuries, until the 1830's. The Chinese invented gun powder and with their technological abilities and enormous population could've easily conquered Europe centuries before if that were their intention. Conquest wasn't and still isn't a priority for the Chinese. That's why this narrator is a PIG for suggesting that Britain actually did China a favor with the Opium Wars by opening it up to modernization. Neither China nor any other nation needed European "civilization". That was just a cover for genocidal wars of conquest by the Europeans. ... jkulik919@gmail.com
Joe Kulik “Conquest wasn’t and still isn’t a priority for China”. Ignorance. Explain the 9 Dash Line, one of many examples. China got bashed by the Brits and wants a taste of the action, and thanks to Joe Stalin they have a chance.
I was also at the Shanghai Expo in 2010. I worked on the Liverpool City Region stand but missed the band at the main UK stand. It was a really interesting and useful experience.
Mark Felton doing the opium wars? This is something I didn’t know I needed!
@@yfelwulf 1. there is no UK air base near Dover.
2. Why does US not just fly it to their own bases in Germany?
3. A you tube channel is not reliable proof.
@@yfelwulf I believe there has been a legitimate harvesting of opium poppies in Afghanistan for a long time. That stupid war destroying the farm fields was propaganda in the highest level of stupidity, where do you think medical use morphine comes from? Synthetic alternatives are not as effective or safe.
I'm hoping "lizard people" and other terms are synonyms for "narcissists". Narcissism is what makes some humans seem like intergalactic beings. A lack of empathy and a joy from seeing others suffer under their control are the main attributes. Anyone who has not just survived but thrived in the corporate world are narcissists. Almost every politician is a narcissist (some exceptions in smaller political parties and electorates). Narcissists are the real threat you need to look out for in your day to day life.
@@archstanton6102 yfelwulf is a Wumao my friend part of the communist party's 50 cent army that get paid for each post. Usually they have a script to post from.
Same
We shall watch your newest venture with great interest.
- Palpatine
@@comradekenobi6908 I literally automatically read it in his voice
Are you insane?
I'm British, nearly 70 and was never taught anything about this at school. Oddly, I came across it through reading an historical novel series, one of which dealt with it. Fantastic that you're dealing with it in your audio series. Thank you very much.
I assume you’re talking about the Ibis trilogy by Amitav Ghosh. I also knew very little about this war until reading those.
I live in Shenzhen and occasionally travel to Guangzhou, and after reading those books I was able to see some of the settings, like the enclave in Canton and some of the islands that were guarding the river.
With the scale of the place, and all the development that taken place in the past few decades, it’s wild to picture a few little wooden boats sailing around here and dominating the local empire’s forces!
You might want to read "Flashman and the Dragon", by George MacDonald Fraser. The novel touches on the Opium trade, the Tai'ping Rebellion and the 1860 expedition to Peking[as it was called by the West then]. If you've read any of the other Flashman novels, you'll know what to expect.
I am from GB and 57, we were most definitely taught about both opium wars. Very interesting too. We have always been a bunch of thuggish pirates. I might add HSBC did the banking...
@@alastairsmith1096 Piracy is as old a commercial endeavor as sailing. People have been engaged in it since we started haring about in rafts and canoes. Commerce raiding, i.e. legalized piracy, is an established part of naval doctrine around the world for centuries.
That's never surprising l. No country in the world ever teaches its young citizens anything about its crimes.
As someone whose parents are from HK and Macau, this is much appreciated Dr. Felton. Best doc I've seen by far, in any language, on this critical part of history.
It’s a good overview, but you haven’t looked very hard if you think this is the best account of this affair let alone “by far.”
Yeah.
I would also like to see you do something on the Japanese occupation of Korea. THANKS again for your work.
I second this request!
I third this request!
Mark, I am a 60 yo American and was never taught this in history class, Thank you.
I was taught this when I was in High school in 2000.
Now I'am a teacher, and the education system has "phased out" this topic from the history lesson
Perhaps the only reason I know of this was that my mother was from HK. There is a veritable ton of history that routinely vanishes down the memory hole.
A 32 year old Dutch man here, me neither. But read once about it on wikipedia and here because i assume/ know Dr.Felton has good information.
I was taught this in class from a blind nationalist viewpoint.
@@canman5060 ,
For someone who subscribed to Falun Gong cult’s EPOCH Times, you surely have a brainwashed view.
One of my favorite works of art was from a Chinese artist who depicted two scenes. One was a Chinese boxer trying to kill a British Officer and its titled Savage. The other is the British Office trying to kill a Chinese Boxer and it is title Civilized.
There is a famous French cartoon from 1900 with the same scene and captions.
stop resisting!! how dare you!!
@@MusMasi yeah I bleed for the Chinese empire really
@@allenomalley4014 y
It's hard to really call the allied powers in China during the Boxer rebellion as truly "the good guys" but the boxers were definitely savages. They believed they had magic powers and slaughtered any non asians they could find and massacred as many Christians as possible while raiding their own fellow chinese for supplies, killed civilians, and even engaged in everything from torturing chinese people for doing business Europeans to cannibalizing Europeans. The Europeans occasionally killed civilians during the war and had their own problems with racism but the Boxers had a genocidal view on par with the nazis when it came to their views on non chinese and when it came to their views on christianity. At a time when most countries were adopting machine guns and building steam powered battleships and experimenting with chemical weapons and military aircraft the Boxers were using human wave attacks with spear armed fanatics like it was still the medieval period and not the dawn of the 20th century
Mark is the history teacher I always wanted in high school. ❤️
This is a part of British history I know little about, very interesting so far! Thanks Dr F.
oh, the British was realy rules the world as it was said. asaik a little bit as well, the British once ever went on the another campaign to Java as well.
This is highly similar version of the history that we learn in China.
Dr. Mark Felton delivers again, 42:39 minutes of a fantastic telling of real historical snapshot. I'm looking forward parts 2 and 3 so I don't know why 6 liked thumbs down, maybe dislikers of Real Historical Events. Thanks again Dr. Felton.
The Opium Wars are my all time favorite military history. Thank you very much for covering them Doctor. Looking forward to part 2. Keep up the great work Sir!
Once again, another wonderful representation of a period in history I had no former knowledge of. You’re always hitting home runs Dr!
I have a 1896 British/Hong Kong Silver Trade Dollar with Britannia on the front.. One of my favs.
As one of my other favourite youtube channels would proclaim it:
The Opium War, it is history that deserves to be remembered.
Oh yes hahaha!
Yeah.
That would be the History Guy, No?
Dr. Felton, not only is your knowledge of history fantastic, your story telling engulfs one in the history.
I've heard of the Opium Wars but never in this detail Mark!
What a very interesting topic, learned quite a lot from this period of history about international trade and the relationship between England & China.
Thank you Mark, I really enjoy this format for the morning commute, it’s a great way to start a day! Cheers
Britain. It's important to get the country right especially as many Irish and Scottish troops would have been involved.
15:50 Shore leave was wild back in the day.
The shore patrol was not a norm.....
How did I miss this one? Fantastic!
Thanks for this series, Dr. Mark. I know _of_ The Opium Wars but I really don't _know_ about The Opium Wars. I look forward to a better understanding of this when I'm done listening.
The Honourable East India Company, now there's irony for you.
Nearly spat out my tea.
@noel hopley It was quite nice, thank you, English Breakfast.
I think it fits. Organized crime often likes to boast about its honor.
@noel hopley suppose you only drink coffee ol' boy. Yeah another crusader failing to make me feel guilty for not living in a grass hut with malaria. Its called English breakfast tea. I get mine from Sri Lanka. But now it's coffee time(south American). Espresso of course. Unlike the typical sjw i embrace what we learned from other cultures just like the cultures that appropriate white man's technology. Funny thing is you don't see all these oppressed people moving back to their ancestral homes. Infact they risk their lives to get out of the shitholes they created for themselves after colonial rule. Uganda anyone.
@@scarletcrusade77 yeah yeah your the red trying to get under my bed. Communism failed. Probably all the bullet to the back of the head thing. Bet your the first to scream for the lawer you will deny us.
Minor correction: Lin Zexu was not a Manchu noble. He was born in Fujian province of Han ethnicity, and was a what was called a Han Official. Therefore, he was a Mandarin but not a Manchu.
Yes I thought that was a bit off when I listen to it. Lin was indeed a southern Han Chinese.
@Grace Heaven works both ways
Thank you! 👍
This is going to be interesting. I'm all ears!
Wow, your channel is top notch. I mainly watch WWII videos for some reason, but these are so fascinating. I listen while at work. Great job. 👍
40+ Minutes and only part 1, he loves us! He really loves us..
Next on War Stories with Mark Felton: the Melange War of 10191 A.G and the Battle of the Plains of Arrakeen. "The spice must flow!"
LOL watched it like 10days ago.
Great work ! It is truly enjoyable to hear this long stories !
Superb documentary - absolutely riveting. Dr. Felton gave an account that was truly fair and thoroughly balanced. Terrific job of research on this war. Kudos.
As a native Mandarin speaker, I very much approve of Mr. Felton’s pronunciation of Chinese names and terms. They are a pleasure to listen to.
Excellent!
Dr Felton I look forward to your covering the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
I knew next to nothing about the opium wars other than the present day one in Afghanistan. Thank you again Doctor Felton for educating me YET AGAIN! I wish you had been one of my professors in college!
Checkout the CIA front company Air America. During the Vietnam War they traded with the Hmong warriors of Laos M-16's for opium that was then turned into heroin. Poppies were grown in a region know as the Golden Triangle that comprised parts of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. We funded a whole secret war in Laos with the proceeds.
Very observant.
I always enjoy your UA-cam videos Mr. Felton. They are very well made, very informative, and also very entertaining. Good job!
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for yet another highly interesting history lesson. The next parts will allow your fans to keep "chasing the Dragon".. intellectually, that is. 😎
Excellent job documenting in unflinching style a particularly dark period in the history of England, The US and other European countries.
Thank you Dr Felton. I hope you will cover more 19th and 20th century wars and conflicts in the foreseeable future. I am convinced a lot of people would be quite interested in the Balkan Wars.
As a long time subscriber to your channel AND someone born and raised in Hong Kong
This is a fascinating video
Would love it if you can put more maps, especially local ones when you talk about the particular battles
So many of the places you mentioned in this video I have been to personally, without realising the significance
One thing I regretted the most about my education was the way history was taught. It lacked sufficient critical analysis of events and their subsequent impact on future history. Not to mention the limited perspective and viewpoints from which it was taught. As a result I lost interest in the subject and my post secondary education consisted mainly of scientific and engineering subjects. Luckily I reinvigorated my interest after I left school thanks to people like Mark Felton and James Burke (host of the series Connections) who were able to illuminate history in a revealing and humanistic manner. History is not merely about dates and events but of human interaction, human failures and triumphs, and the connected nature of history that binds together our collective fates. My education would have been far richer had there been someone like Dr. Felton to teach history. The proper education of history is a vital part of having a citizenry who are able to appreciate and understand world events.
"You don't know where you are (historically) if you don't know where you've been."
Its why you never stop learning. You can do as much as you like as often as you like
Excellent narrative Dr. F.. Looking forward to the next instalment(s) with anticipation. Have a safe 2021.
Thanks, you too!
@@WarStorieswithMarkFelton . Would it be possible to show more action photos during the readings? They do add a certain weight to the story.
Well, at least they called it what it was about rather than giving the war a cover up name.
The War on Terror.
@@Miller6616 the great oil war
@@conradvonhotzendorf1128 Yeap
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe.
ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html
US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium.
ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html
CIA & Drugs History Vietnam
www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html
Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️
ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
Back when world powers didn't have to be duplicitous about their imperial plundering. Today we have to lie to ourselves to absolve our guilt, even though deep down we all know whats going on.
Thank you Mark Felton for this multipart series. The people need to be aware of this. It's barely talked about and admire and applaud how thorough you are presenting this dark part of history. I hope people realize how much more deeper this all goes. I just also hope that certain people don't want to "shut you up". Cheers from Ohio, USA.
Another ripper episode. Thanks Mark. Cheers.
I’ve never really heard about this before now, what a fascinating listen!
A War on drugs to pad the coffers of a Country with trade and the use of steam powered vessels to make war for the trade of drugs - not a proud moment for the British Empire. Cheers and amazing research that I am literally sitting and listening to with intrigue and interest.
More like proud moment. British doing what they did best. Flexing their nuts on the world...too bad they are only a shell of what they used to be!!
@david edbrooke-coffin somehow I doubt you say the same thing about the modern Mexican narco traffickers.
@@queenofthewhoresthat's because of the illegal mexican -american war. Aggression by us in 1846-48.
While learning more ww2 stories is nice, an adventure to another time with dr Felton is always welcome. I understand that viewership for exclusively ww2 is fairly small, probably why many tv shows don't focus on it. If you really want to have a huge channel, I would recommend doing animated battles, something like Kings and Generals. While I don't really need animations, I think a lot of the younger people would get bored listening to a story with a few still images sprinkled in.
Love these program’s! Would like to see one about the Indian Mutiny.
Thank you, thus far the history presentation is solid.
Now this is a pleasent surprise. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Mark Felton - the gateway drug to audiobooks
thanks
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This presentation on the 1st opium war is excellent. I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Jonathan Spence has a good article on the Opium Wars. He points out that opium was not introduced into China by the British, but rather was in such common use prior to the arrival of the British that it was used as currency. Peasants would take a block of opium with the m to the market, and shave off a few grams to pay for their vegetables.
What the British -- who were facing a currency crisis due to the Chinese refusal to admit articles of British manufacture into their markets, although they surely would have found buyers -- were looking for was a replacement for the Silver which was all the Chinese would permit as currency. Since Opium was a de facto currency, they took Indian opium, which was much more potent and hence much more valuable, into the market by shipping it over from the subcontinent. This only worked for about ten years, until the Chinese were able to replicate the more potent Indian strains and the market for the British import dissipated.
Why are the Opium Wars not taught in schools? I know it is only China. It is no importance. Even in Hong Kong, it was only touched upon by way of explaining the reason for waging wars to force opium importation to China due to the desire balance the imbalance trade between England and China. It wasn't women's right or democracy at the time a mere 100 years ago.
opium has been in used in china since time immemorial as a painkiller. it was only when some chinese decided to get high on opium that started the mess. much like how heroin and lsd started the drug epidemic.
wow, do you bring a bag of heroine to supermarket to buy your grocery? how many gram of heroine you will pay for your vegetables?
@@utc7406 seems like u r a fool who doesnt know history.
@@utc7406you'd only be shaving a few points, tenths of a gram
Your choice of detail brings out the structural historical forces at play. It is also great to hear a patriotic yet objective historian. Thank you for these audios.
Objective yet patriotic 🤣.
Now how exactly can that even be. Yes, a crude example of dissonance cognitive dissonance, and I'm not talking about this representation of the author's presentation of history btw.
Btw, I'm talking about you. Just in case you're not quick enough. I'm doing it for your sake as well, seeing as you couldn't possibly be intellectually competent yet think someone can be patriotic yet objective.
@@ntokozosibanyoni1421 by all means express yourself my friend. However, the Opium Wars are always depicted in a completely negative light against the UK. This video did a great job keeping to the facts and have sympathies for both the Chinese and the soldiers. Also, if you're going to talk about cognitive dissonance, you might want to express the rest of your thoughts more articulately.
@@jmy106 Oh plz, if the British Empire was ever covered fairly and by ethical historians (I guess being mainstream means you have to be corrupt) then their representation in our heads would be no different to the Nazis, so spare me the bullshit about a "negative" portrayal of the Empire and its murderous soldiers.
Btw, you know I'm being more or less friendly to ya, you should've just told me you don't understand what cognitive dissonance means and I would've had no issue explaining it to ya FRIEND🙂. But then again, since you didn't bother to ask why should I answer. But I'll give you advice nonetheless, google it, read it and see what it means, if you still have a hard time understanding it, go and ask any educated person within your social circle as to what it means. Then come here and you'll understand what I meant by it yeah? (Questions rhetorical btw, just in case you answer it or something).
😂Alright, I'll stop, but admittedly I feel I have to treat my fellow conservatives like this (and I suspect you to be heavily conservative if you think that representation of the opium war was "objective") because I truly do believe to be a conservative means you have to lack critical thinking skills since your goal is to not CRITICIZE the contemporary arrangement of things, so forgive me if I come off as a bit snobbish because I'm genuinely surprised by your statements 🙃
Superb, I hope we can look forward to more stories from this period of history.
More to come!
Very well presented and factual well done Mark
Ah yes. I will watch an opium war documentary as I withdrawing from opium.
Hope you stayed off it bud. I'm almost 8 years clean, there is a light at the end of the tunnel
This popped up in my feed yesterday. Lo and behold I had just finished listening to Flashman and the Dragon. The book follows the 19th Century fiction cad, paltroon, coward and montebank as he blindly falls into one narrow scrape after another. The Flashman audio books are as hoot as David Case is the perfect narrator.
Thanks for sharing Mark! I am listening to it with great interest now! Have a great start to 2021!
Same to you!
@@WarStorieswithMarkFelton Thanks and will do Mark!
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe.
ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html
US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium.
ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html
CIA & Drugs History Vietnam
www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html
Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️
ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
One of the best documentary that is truthfully accurate! Thanks Dr Felton Cheers!
A very interesting presentation, thank you Dr Felton.
A very important part of recent world history.Cheers Doc.
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe.
ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html
US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium.
ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html
CIA & Drugs History Vietnam
www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html
Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️
ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
@@yfelwulf Spamming with lies
@@archstanton6102 why do you think that popy fields in Afghanistan increased untold number of times since "coalition of willing" came in.
Talibans were persecuting farmers growing poppy, but when Americans came, they actually encouraged farmers to grow it.
It became such a big problem that even Russia had to establish bases closer to Afghanistan to stop opium reaching their local population.
CIA cargoes were loaded with this stuff and allows them to have so called black funds and finance other operations around the world.
You'll read about this in 50 years time if you happen to live that long.
Until then, don't call people out for revealing what's going on from your sheltered position.
@@trade1713 There is mo Air Base near Dover. So there is lie 1.
You tube videos are not factual sources of evidence.
Where are your peer reviewed evidence sources?
@@archstanton6102 you make no sense at all.
Go and read what I said and then read your statement.
This kind of writing wouldn't pass 3rd grade in primary school.
Unfortunately we're not only on different level, but almost different dimension.
Excellent video and information, a long forgotten history
US Lost War, But Still Profiting Handsomely Off Heroin Monopoly in Afghanistan. It's shipped to Europe via a UK Air Base near Dover source said 2 jets leave Afghanistan daily for Europe.
ua-cam.com/video/T7RuxrMzKy8/v-deo.html
US makingg 50 Billion per year in Afghan Opium.
ua-cam.com/video/cRVZTMHen_E/v-deo.html
CIA & Drugs History Vietnam
www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/IHT-the-cia-drug-connectionis-as-old-as-the-agency.html
Pete Buttigieg, Deep State, Intell Services backed and funded by Government Agencies. He even researched the Opium in Afghanistan for the military. Spouse Mr Chasten Gkezman ✡️
ua-cam.com/video/a_E8pZ5OTGM/v-deo.html
@@yfelwulf A Chinese Bot no doubt, A bit to random for a trolls.
Long forgotten in Europe maybe, not in China
Ari Laine that's what i meant👍🏻👍🏻
You did a good job Dr Felton.
Two empires feeding each others' addiction: Chinese Tea for English Opium.
As usual, a very factual and straight forward presentation by Mark Felton.
The phrase, "breathtaking immorality", is definitely one I'm going to try to find opportunities to use in conversation from now on
Why?
Great to cast light on this period of British history of which I knew little. Very interesting! Well done again and thank you!
... was about to collide with a grasping, heavily armed and velligerant nation of free-trading bucaneers, viciously adding ports and territories to its ever expanding empire with a determination unmatched even by the romans. God i love this style! its the kind of style my father used to teach me histoy when i has a child and whan made me very interestedin it.
Fascinating. Thanks for another great production, keep up the good work!
I wasn't expecting this but however it is good
Are you a Nazi?
Forreal, wtf is that profile pic?
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Its the internet lolll. You guys all act surprised.
Reichsgeneral . Very good.
You caught me at work. I know this is going to be outstanding.
Thanks Mark.
Good to see something on British colonial history.
I'd love for you to do a series on the East India Company. It's become one of my favorite topics to explore, and I'm sure there's plenty I don't yet know.
God save Dr Felton. Seriously, such an amazing historian. No bullshit, no lies, just facts.
Dr. Felton, I'd suggest you do a presentation on the three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-26, 1852, 1885). Classic stories of British imperial expansion in Southeast Asia.
Thank Mr. Felton for this story. You just made me realize that all of that is due to tea addiction, so was the spark to the US revolution (the Boston Tea Party) few years after the “7 years international war “. That’s amazing!
Not trying to be a jerk but I’m just sure he is excited of this and I just recently found out he got his doctorate so he is Dr. Felton now.
@@mizzouranger134 Yes, I knew that he is now Dr. Felton. Thanks for underlining it. He deserves his title more than many other so called doctors. He is at the top of my very short list of highly respected historians.
This is the first thing i have read/heard about the opium wars! Thank you for covering this 🤟
Mark, could you also make a story about the first sino-japanese war (1894-95) and also the russo-japanese war (1904-05)
I think he likes to focus on western (British) history. But if you want him to take your suggestion seriously, you should support him on patreon.
Nice to see you do videos about wars that don't have film footage. Maybe you can do videos about ancient wars.
For anyone who is more interested in this subject, Tai-Pan by James Clavell is a brilliant piece of historical fiction.
You shot your self in the foot was when you used the word fiction. When you get your history from imaginary sources you are the problem we face today. Seriously who cares about a work of fiction. Go away and think about your shameless plug about an author that can only be found in a second book store.
@@matthewmcintosh4925 we get it, you don't read.
@@matthewmcintosh4925 Clavell certainly did his research. If you want to read the court historians you’re welcome to do that. Storytellers like Clavell, Michener and Rutherfurd were able to weave fictional characters into historical events giving the reader a street level imaginative view of what it was really like to be there.
Reading Clavell and Michener made me want to explore that which I did not know. This is icing on the cake for me, maybe even get a cherry and some sprinkles!!!
@@aluckyshot actually i do read. The difference is that i can tell the difference between fact and fiction. Unlike you and your conspiracy theories. Yes yes I have firefly on DVD. You ain't as clever as you think you are. At the moment I am rereading the history of soviet space flight volume1, 2 and 3. Not Harry potter and the history of quidich.
Big Fan of your channel, Mark. Your research and prose are on point and l am an avid viewer. Having said that, I do have one tiny gripe regarding the oft-touted notion that Britain is to be credited with the so-called 'first globalisation'. Britain inherited the concept from the Spanish Empire which, after the foundation of Manila in 1571 and the initiation of the trans-Pacific silver trade, first established the economic integration of both hemispheres. A single Spanish Acapulco galleon would bring more silver to China than the entire Ming Empire would mine in one year (!). By the time of the union of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, in 1580, the Iberian Hapsburg empire was being called 'the empire where the sun never sets', literally centuries before Britain was relevant as a maritime power.
I can't say how unexpected this was and I love it.
This war is so important to understanding Chinese international relations and so few in the West know of it
To be fair there is a ton of our own history we don’t know in the west it’s not a very strongly taught topic. Most people don’t even realize how brutal and vicious the Japanese were to the allies. And that’s slanted in the favor of the west and way way more recent and it’s still jot taught.
Where is Sir Harry Paget Flashman lol. The ficticious flashman novels by George MacDonald Fraser are actually a great snippet into the British History and other countries of course a superb read.
Seriously though, this is how all powers act the world over.
Yet another superb history lecture from Mr Felton.
Outstanding. Is there anyway you could give a lesson on the Russian navys involvement in the American civil war? And the Czars relationship with President Lincoln?
Superb history lesson. Thank you.
Holy Smoke what a story. I can’t wait for part 2. Thank You Sir Mark. And by the way I donated to your channel and Wickapedia. I saw below that only 2 percent donate. You do a lot of work for our enjoyment. I Thank You. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Much appreciated!
@@WarStorieswithMarkFelton More than Welcome
Very nice and impressive opening photo, you, Darth Vader, well done.
Can’t wait to listen to this on my work commute.....
Excellent overview as always Dr. Felton.
Excellent lecture about an interesting part of history.
Very interesting part of history that is missing from Chinese history book. Thanks for sharing!
Sadly I cannot bring myself to watch this series, it looks just too awesome and fascinating so I want to wait until a very important day to enjoy it ！
Hope you enjoy it!
I will mate! I love your work so much!
Well done, about the best Western documentary on China I've seenso far.
When government and drug traders combine forces...
You mean business as usual?
Afghanistan and opium (opioids).
Uhhhh... that's status quo.
This was Amazing, thanks for sharing Mark. Can’t wait for part two!!!
Update....part two was amazing too!!
"The Hundred Years of Humiliation" as these wars are stilled called by the Chinese
Yup. So interesting and relevant to understanding current geopolitics
Most of history China really was as they felt the center of their world until around the 19th century, even a few decades before the first war the qing emperor qianlong ruled over a prosperous populous vast empire where Europeans had to send their silver just to trade for tea and porcelain and silk, some peoples around China were ruled by the manchu empire like mongols Uighurs Tibetans or paid tribute like Korea Japan Vietnam, but the Chinese seem to have taken their position and their worldview for granted and had no clue what was coming at them, they were really quite shocked and unprepared for the coming of the British, with opium the British finally cracked the problem of having to pay with silver rather than trading with commodities, a real turning point in modern times but in the long history of China just a blip on the radar
@@steventhompson399 Dear Steven: China and India had the #1 and #2 largest economies in the world respectively for centuries, until the 1830's. The Chinese invented gun powder and with their technological abilities and enormous population could've easily conquered Europe centuries before if that were their intention. Conquest wasn't and still isn't a priority for the Chinese. That's why this narrator is a PIG for suggesting that Britain actually did China a favor with the Opium Wars by opening it up to modernization. Neither China nor any other nation needed European "civilization". That was just a cover for genocidal wars of conquest by the Europeans. ... jkulik919@gmail.com
The real humiliation (disgrace) is ours (Britain's)
Joe Kulik “Conquest wasn’t and still isn’t a priority for China”. Ignorance. Explain the 9 Dash Line, one of many examples. China got bashed by the Brits and wants a taste of the action, and thanks to Joe Stalin they have a chance.
The BEST doc I’ve seen on the Boxer Rebellion! Subbed.
Mark if I worked for the History Channel or the BBC I would get you on board to start producing this amazing content.
Awesome, can’t wait for part 2
incredible video! this is something that i was never taught in world history and i feel i have been cheated. the story telling is great, mark!
I was also at the Shanghai Expo in 2010. I worked on the Liverpool City Region stand but missed the band at the main UK stand. It was a really interesting and useful experience.