In his 1839 summary of Chinese thinking to British readers, Chinese Commissioner Lin argued that Britain should end its opium trade in China, appealing in part with
a. economic considerations: China would embargo trade in opium by the British.
b. the military argument that China would go to war with Britain.
c. the moral argument that because the opium trade was begun by the Chinese, it should be the Chinese that decide its future..
d. commercial considerations: due to strict laws in China, no more fortunes could be made with opium.
d
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