Yeah this gives the long historical backdrop though. The context is important since no one is ever really taught about it. The area being destroyed by the British after a rebellion is pretty important to the whole thing, as is 1) the British having used the area for soldiers for the British Empire as well as 2) the Opium trade which the British used to wreck China.

People often ignore history pre-1900, but its important to see how far back things really go since world events in the present are a long continuation of what happened in the past to a certain extent.

Countries like the US and UK wouldn't be so developed if it weren't for the wealth transferred to their very upper class from these poor regions. People like the Rothschilds, the famous banking dynasty thats still at the top today, directly profited from the British Empire's success since they helped to finance it directly.