"Trade Winds" from episode #0141 “They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.”




BackStory show

Summary: In this segment from BackStory’s 2015 show, “They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.,” host emeritus Peter Onuf talks to historian John Haddad about how Americans smuggling opium into China during the 19th century led the Chinese to crack down on trade that was already very restrictive.