Study Of British Merchants In The Chinese-Britain Trade Before The Opium War

Britain's early colonial rule and Economic robbery had met difficulty in India, at the same time, they were in unfavorable status Trade to China with Bearing huge trade deficit. Under the activity of British the East India Company, British India strengthened increased the volume of trade to China, utilized the raw cotton and opium to absorb China's a large amount of fund, a Triangular Trade between the Great Britain, Indian and China had come into existence, which solved a main difficult problem that Britain had carried out economy invade in India and China. The trade between China and Britain was Britain economic expansion to China, Country Trade became whole foundation stone of the structure. In order to break the monopolization and press for free - trade, the Country traders which were grew gradually by smuggle the Opium to China were evaded and resisted the constraint of this trade mode, made the strongly impact and destruction to the trade managerial system of Canton. In the relation as relying on and complement each other between the East India Company and the Country traders, with the development of the trade, the interests conflicts of them are in constant upgrading too, move towards break of relation finally. Their behavior influenced a series of policy of British, made monopolization of the East India Company to be abrogated. Their Country Trade, especially the trade of smuggle opium not only offered reliable dependence about maximum to obtain benefit of the east colonial system for Whitehall, but also made the Chinese people hurt deeply, a large number of silver loss and the torment of human body and corruption of their spirits.