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Transformations in British Trade in China
12019-11-18T17:23:02-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f351The dissolution of the British East India Company monopoly on the China tradeplain2019-11-18T17:23:02-05:001834Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe changing structure of British trade in Guangzhou also increased momentum to expand the Lintin system northwards into Fujian. In prior years, only British merchants employed by the British East India Company’s (BEIC) were allowed to trade in China, but this monopoly over the China trade was set to dissolve in 1834. Beginning in the early 1830s, the impending dissolution of the BEIC monopoly opened the door for private firms to compete with one another for the business of their Chinese partners. During 1832-33, in the months leading up to the end of the monopoly, Jardine-Matheson and Dent & Company entered into a fierce competition for the business of the Cantonese opium buyers. The men operating these firms considered finding additional brokers and expanding the market imperative to their success.
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12019-11-18T17:23:01-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe Opium BoomKate McDonald1Understanding the expansion of the opium trade leading up to 1832image_header34762019-11-18T17:23:01-05:001800-1832Peter ThillyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
