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Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> is flooding Mexican cartels with precursor materials as payback for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>. <a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin/114102536117314064" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://c.im/@cdarwin/114102536117314064</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®A DEA agent was quoted in a <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ProPublica</a> piece on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fentanyl</a> saying that the amount of precursor materials being shipped out of China was so large, that it was impossible for the Chinese state to not be aware.They were allowing it to happen as a dish served cold for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>.Payback is a bitch.They played the long game. <a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin/114062069561880136" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://c.im/@cdarwin/114062069561880136</a>

skua<a href="https://masto.ai/@cybeardjm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cybeardjm</a> 2/2the hunting for sport of humans by colonialist in parts of Sth America through to the 1970s, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Holodomor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holodomor</a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArmeniaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArmeniaGenocide</a> the British caused famine around (?) Dehli, the grossly negligent prep for Indian independence, slavery in the Americas and the oppression of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maori</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aboriginals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginals</a> in still-colonised lands, I was surprised. But didn't do the work.A right proper <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Consumer</a>.

Coach Pāṇini ®Two years ago, <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ProPublica</a> published a report quoting an anonymous DEA agent saying that sheer amount of precursor materials being shipped from China to Mexico meant it was impossible that their government was unaware of the industrial transfer of goods.They hypothesized it was payback for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>, and strategically intended to destabilize <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> society from within.China has a much longer memory, and the U.S. can only measure in quarterly returns.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DC0DjKoM3DF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DC0DjKoM3DF</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/ajsadauskas.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajsadauskas.bsky.social</a> Russia is trafficking in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HumanOpioid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanOpioid</a>, borrowing from China’s strategy of supplying precursors to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fentanyl</a> as payback for destabilization of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

gittaca<a href="https://fedifreu.de/@chpietsch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chpietsch</a> Auch werden die <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a> gerne vergessen. Europäer haben so manches Handelshemmnis weggebombt, wenn sie überlegen waren.Totale Überraschung, dass es unschön ist, zur Abwechslung mal am anderen Ende davon zu sitzen.

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BooksThatInfluencedYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksThatInfluencedYou</a> Day 13:Today, I'm recommending another book by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesClavel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesClavel</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaiPan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaiPan</a>. It is the second book in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Clavel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clavel</a>'s fantastic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AsianSaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsianSaga</a>.It describes the rivalry of two English merchant families + their rise 2 power against the well-researched background of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a> + <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hongkong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hongkong</a>'s early colonial history. It 1st got me interested in 🇨🇳. <a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mina</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Yorkshiregeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Yorkshiregeek</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/@evelynefoerster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@evelynefoerster</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@VeroniqueB99</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@si_irini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@si_irini</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@MaJ1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MaJ1</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattotcha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattotcha</a> <a href="https://astrodon.space/author/2ndstar/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@2ndStar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@energiepirat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@energiepirat</a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/@SilviaMarton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SilviaMarton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.net2o.de/@forthy42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@forthy42</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GreenFire</a>

SPQRBut it’s Ghosh’s big-picture thinking that has made his nonfiction so influential. The West didn’t invent the opium trade, he writes. Instead — as with the Atlantic coast traffic in human beings — it took a pre-existing practice and expanded it exponentially to perfect “the model of the colonial narco-state.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#India</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEmpire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastIndies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastIndies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/books/review/smoke-and-ashes-amitav-ghosh.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/books/review/smoke-and-ashes-amitav-ghosh.html</a>

bs2> ... China was quite exceptional. But things began to change with the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/OpiumWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumWars</a>, the extraction of concessions from China by European countries. The system began to fragment. Local mandarins frequently became corrupt and sold off the granaries. China in the 1860s experienced three civil wars, the largest of which — the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/TaipingRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaipingRebellion</a> — is probably the bloodiest in world history. <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ChinaTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChinaTrade</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/OpiumTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiumTrade</a>

Father EnochAre <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NPCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NPCs</a> acceptable for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/charactercreationchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charactercreationchallenge</a>? Because whether they are or not, npcs are what I got. They are both <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vampires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vampires</a>. The man is from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VictorianBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VictorianBritain</a> and the woman was born in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ImperialChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImperialChina</a>. They met as enemies during the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Opiumwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opiumwars</a> and fought for around seventy years. At some point in those seventy years, both realized they were the only ones who really knew and respected each other. They abandoned their sides and left China for the west together. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heroforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heroforge</a>

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