HISTORY

From Opium to Opulence

William Jardine/J matheson

1833
British East India Company loses its monopoly on the opium trade. Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson are among the entrepreneurs to benefit. Jardine Matheson would become a dominant local trading house.

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