Posted by Gabriel Meister on March 02, 1998 at 02:56:30:
In Reply to: Discussion: Implications of the Opium War: History posted by Gabriel Meister, Webmaster on March 02, 1998 at 02:52:55:
Did Commissioner Lin make grave errors in his approach to ridding China of opium, or was his failure inevitable? What could the Chinese have done? How much of the failure could be attributed to domestic political weakness? Military weakness? Qing desire to retain power?