John Kerry's maternal grandfather James Forbes was born in Shanghai; his family made a fortune from the Opium Trade.
Indian (Parsi, Iranians who moved to India) companies were also deeply involved in the Opium Trade.
Chinese go-betweens in Macau bribed both Chinese and Portuguese officials to allow opium shipments go through.
"The fortunes that East Coast merchants amassed in the China trade were vital to the US’ evolution," by @hofrench,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-history-of-tough-talk-on-china-1481304279
"John Murray Forbes, a scion of the Perkins family, invested millions on behalf of Howqua, the wealthiest Cantonese merchant, in American westward railways."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/11/18/born-boston-buried-foreign-devil-graveyard-china/ZoPIngyWnUVmNpCEKDy6CP/story.html
. @MazMHussain The British Empire
By Stephen W. Sears https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7xt6BAAAQBAJ
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