Finance, Forex and Investments

What did Britain get from India, Japan and China before 1956? Trade wise?

This is to do with the suez crisis, so any extra or unusual information about it would be REALLY helpful x

Public Comments

1. THEY DIDNT GET ANYTHING FROM INDIA OR CHINA! AS COLONIAL MASTERS THEY TOOK EVERYTHING THEY WANTED WITHOUT CARING ABOUT THE NATIVES! EVERYTHING WHAT CAN BE CALLED "POSITIVE" EFFECTS ARE BYPRODUCTS. THE QUESTION SHOULD BE: WHY DID THE BRITISH GO TO INDIA? TO HELP THE POOR INDIANS? OR TO MAKE PROFIT IN THE NAME OF QUEEN? EDUCATION, RAILWAYS ETC WERE BYPRODUCTS AND NOT INTENDED TO HELP INDIA... EDUCATION: TO RAISE A ENGLISH SPEAKING INDIAN GENERATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE WORKS UNDER THE BRITISH RAILWAYS: TO TRANSPORT GOOD EFFECTIVELY OUT OF INDIA. TO CALL THEM "POSITIVE EFFECTS" IS BASELESS! BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA INDIA WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD. INDIA AND CHINA ACOUNTED FOR ABOUT 50% OF WORLDS GDP! (REMEMBER: COLUMBUS FOUND AMERICA IN SEARCH OF INDIA! MOTIVATED BY ITS RICHES... HENCE THE NATIVES WERE CALLED INDIANS!) WHEN THE BRITISH LEFT INDIA POVERTY WAS OVER 50%..NOW ITS DOWN BY ROUND 25%... FURTHER THE FAMINES DURING BRITISH RULE, MASSACRE OF JALIAN WALA BAGH ETC... (JUST GOGGLE!) DURING THE COLONIAL ERA OVER 40 MILLION INDIANS LOST THEIR LIVES... AS MANY AS DURING WW2... THE CRIMES OF COLONIAL EXPLOITATION IS A DARK TRUTH IN HISTROY THAT WE SHOULD ACCEPT AND NOT IGNORE OR DENY. INDIA WOULDNT NEED ALL THOSE "AID" FROM ENGLAND IF THE BRITISH WERE TO GIVE BACK THE RICHES THE STOLE IN INDIA DURING THE COLONIAL ERA... MAYBE START WITH THE KOHI-NOOR DIAMOND ON THE QUEENS CROWN!?! IN CHINA THEY ALMOST MADE THE NATION OPIUM ADDICTED! IN AFRICA THEY TOOK NATIVES AS SLAVES TO BRAZIL ETC! WHAT SORT OF HELP OR DEVELOPMENT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH... EVERYTHING GREAT FOR THE QUEENS AND ENGLAND. WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT THE INDUSTRILISATION IN THE WESTER COUNTRIES WAR MOSTLY FINANCED BY EXPLOITATION OF THE COLONIES LIKE INDIA AND CHINA!