Who won the First Opium War? Why did British troops feel guilty about their role? What treaty led to Britain taking control of Hong Kong?

Anita and William discuss the tragic imbalance of The First Opium War, and the traumatic ways in which Chinese citizens responded to the humiliation it entailed…

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