According to Commissioner Liu, the Chinese Emperor protested to Queen Victoria because
a. the Emperor wanted to get in on the English monopoly of the trade in opium.
b. the British were overcharging the Chinese for opium.
c. Chinese opium production had fallen since Britain's monopoly.
d. the British Queen's continual support for a lucrative trade had undermined Chinese society.
d
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