00:00It began with a cup of tea, fragrant and prized.
00:04Silver flowed east, but Britain hungered for more.
00:07So they sent poison wrapped in smoke, opium a slow-burning conquest.
00:13Addiction spread like shadows at dusk.
00:16China tried to stand, but iron ships and roaring guns broke her gates.
00:22What followed was not just defeat, but a century of humiliation.
00:26The Opium Wars, a tale of beauty, greed and loss.
