[familyop]

I also admire and respect the Chinese people very much for doing the following and wish that we would do the same. But it could not have been done without the long suffering, strength and determination of most of the people at the community level (a democratic effort). The even more centralized earlier government by the Qing dogs was unsuccessful at ridding China of the problem without the full support of the people.

How China got rid of opium

[Zhang Fei]

The even more centralized earlier government by the Qing dogs was unsuccessful at ridding China of the problem without the full support of the people. How China got rid of opium

That's sugar-coated pablum for Western observers. In reality, the Communists shot opium cultivators, dealers and addicts.