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To: DavesM who wrote (240459)	3/20/2002 11:44:58 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "The fact of the matter is, that after the British forced the Chinese to allow the importation of Opium, trade between China and the West exploded. The amount of tea and silks that China (the items most desired by the west) produced and exported, and grew dramatically." Look to the feared imports, not Chinese Exports. I'm confident, having gleaned it before in my readings, that for instance: J.J. Hill of Minnesotta(and friends) ran a private fleet of trade ships to Asia in an attempt to provide a market for Canadian and American railroaded goods, and it worked well(if briefly), until the Chinese saw such goods as threatening domestic jobs, and outlawed these imports, strangling trade, and ultimately leaving China unnecessarily in the dust. Dan B