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1715年,英国东印度公司于广州设立商馆。1756年,第一位巴斯商人希尔治·治瓦治·瑞迪满力(Heerjee Jeevanjee Readymondy)随东印度公司来华。(注:Dosabhai Framji Karaka, History of the Parsis, Including Their Manners, Customs, Religion, and Present Position. London, Macmillan and Co. 1884.PP. 57-58. Amalendu Guha, Parsi Seths as Entrepreneurs, 1750-1850,Economic and Political Weekly, V., no. 35,29 Aug, 1970. N. Benjamin,Bombay"s "Country Trade" With China, 1765-1865, The Indian Historical Reveview, 1974, Vol. 1, No. 1, PP. 295-303.)以后巴斯人以“英王陛下的臣民”的名义,入华人数越来越多,鸦片战争前后达到高潮。在印度,巴斯商人是第一批从事鸦片*的人,并一直保持主导地位。(注:转引自K. N. Vaid, The Overseas India Community in Hong Kong,University of Hong Kong, 1972. P. 12.)印度学者古哈(Amalendu Guha)认为,在印度殖民地的地位之下,巴斯一开始就有必要且不得不追随英国人向中国出口原棉和鸦片,以获得其资本的原始积累。(注:Amalendu Guha, The Comprador Role of Parsi Seths 1750-1850,Economic and Political Weekly, V, no. 48,28, Nov, 1970.P.1933.)按马士的观点,1773年是英国商人把鸦片从加尔各答输入广州最早的一年。(注:马士著、张汇文等译《中华帝国对外关系史》,第 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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