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John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) was first American to traffic in drugs in China when he illegally importing Turkish opium into China in 1816.
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The China connection of five great American family fortunes
The fortunes of some of America’s greatest families that today generously support the best of worthy causes, began in unworthy ways in faraway lands more than 200 years ago.