19世纪中叶英国对华鸦片贸易政策背景分析

Reasons of the legalization of British opium trade in China

两次鸦片战争前后，鸦片贸易在“三角贸易”中起着举足轻重的作用．为维护“怡和洋行”为代表的鸦片贩子的利益，英、印、中确保英土关系中“鸦片”的重要地位，英国对华实现鸦片贸易是具有实际意义的．从而借“鸦片”维护英镑圈”市场良性循环。

Around the two opium wars,opium trade played an important part in the trade relationship between Britain,India and China.The opium trade protected the interests of those opium dealers represented by Yihe Business and assured the position of opium in the relationship between Britain and Turky,thus maintaining the benificial circulation of the warket of sterling and protecting the interests of the capitalist class.