Yes as colonial powers go. The British were the bestThe Hongkies and the commonwealth were in a way lucky it was the British who were their colonial masters
Just look at the rest eg Indonesia...the Dutch left the place in shambles when they took off, with absolutely no institution to run the place. Compare that to the Pommies who left behind a fully functioning and efficient civil service.
The Hongkies and the commonwealth were in a way lucky it was the British who were their colonial masters
Just look at the rest eg Indonesia...the Dutch left the place in shambles when they took off, with absolutely no institution to run the place. Compare that to the Pommies who left behind a fully functioning and efficient civil service.
Indonesia were given to the Dutch. And Dutch was a small opium smugglers bought opium from Bempire in India Calcutta to sell in Chins, where to Pommies bully the Indians to grow poppy for them there.
Dutch ws not a monopoly opium trafficking ring leader, merely a small invader unlike the BEmpire...
So now you knows where the dirty money come from to build HK and Singapore.
Jintulan right... angmoh history sucks..
You too dense to know the Dutch made more from spices from Indonesia which was worth its weight in gold than the Brits made from opium.
Wrong. The British colonized 1/3"of the world by then and beat other Europeans can do. Thanks to Indian Ah nehs.
The British monoploy opium trades in all their colonies where there are merchant Chinese and wealthy monarchy countries they invaded or colonized. They population of BE were than 460 million people.
British East India companies did mych more spices than Dutch. Spices came from India not Indonesia, twit...
Not complete true. Dutch made alot of money from Indonesian spices before 1800s.
One of the key reason for European colonisation in SEA was the spices in Maluku islands.
However, from 1800s onwards, plantation crops like sugar and coffee became more important.