A 19th-century showdown between China and the West began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/19th-century-opium-war-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #uk #opium #drugs #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs