19th Century

Two Ledgers Hid Britain's Secret Opium Empire

One man's meticulous bookkeeping exposed how a British trading company secretly owned China—and nobody was supposed to see the numbers.

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British EmpireOpium WarsEast AsiaCorporate PowerDrug TradeFinancial CrimeColonialismChinaAccountingWhistleblowing19th Century

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