[Nateman]

I suspect In the Chinese leadership this operation is revenge for the opium wars foisted on China.

[Rashputin]

"I suspect In the Chinese leadership this operation is revenge for the opium wars foisted on China."

I think you're exactly right.

I also think that it's not the Chinese government behind this but instead, the Chinese government not cracking down of some of the long lived criminal gangs in China in return for their not distributing their products within China.