Original sentence: After the war the British seized Hong Kong and opened the Chinese market to the opium traders of Britain and other nations.Despite the Chinese ban on opium imports, reaffirmed in 1799 by the Jiaqing Emperor, the drug was smuggled into China from Bengal by traffickers and agency houses (such as Jardine, Matheson and Company, Ltd.and Dent & Co
Edited sentence: After the war the British seized Hong Kong and opened the Chinese market to British drug traffickers.Despite the Chinese ban on opium imports, reaffirmed in 1799, it was smuggled into China from Bengal by traffickers and agency houses (such as Jardine, Matheson and Company, Ltd