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Aelmsu
I've reread the sources, to make sure I didn't miss anything (and perhaps I missed twice), but I came up short.
For starters, Gelber does not mention anything about where the women were in my reading, so I disagree with the use of "contrary to this view". I also rechecked volume 10 of the The Cambridge History of China (originally the cited source) and located the line about opium being the single most profitable commodity of the 19th century, but could not find anything about the British Empire's revenues (if it even makes sense to speak of such a thing). He says "Opium now flowed freely from all of India to Canton, and by 1836, total imports came to $18 million, making it the world's most valuable single commodity trade of the nineteenth century".
I have not read the entirety of Joanna's book, but I have checked each page referenced and find no mention of a ban. I'm welcome to this being a case of an incomplete citation, or differing edition, and a quote would be enough to budge me on this point.
Jardine Paper
<Macao> vs <Macau>
I notice that there are six uses of the former in the article at present, and the other 30 or so references to (what I think is) the same place use the latter. Is there a meaningful difference between the two, perhaps reflecting different governance or perspectives in historiography? Or should we normalize the article to all be with ? I don't know anything about this topic so would appreciate if someone more familiar could edit as appropriate! Determinerteeth (talk) 18:15, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Where did the battle template go?
There were 25ish military battles that were fought between the Qing Dynasty and the British Armies. Why are they not shown here? They used to be. Johnarhanthehsifi (talk) 16:20, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Johnarhanthehsifi, when was the last time you read this article, and had anything about the “Battle” been added at that point? Morris (talk with this worm) 05:02, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- I don’t know I don’t keep track of when I read Wikipedia articles maybe last year in March maybe February Johnarhanthehsifi (talk) 16:21, 11 August 2026 (UTC)