And that political question looms large for the 129-year-old Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
But the real income of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and indeed all banks in the region is financing the actual opium trade.
One of them is the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
He was Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
Comparatively, their initial capital was so small the bank became known as "the Little Shanghai Bank".
Eventually the Chartered Bank came to cooperate with the Shanghai Bank through the mediation of a third party.
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is taking a similarly bleak view.
Ahead of you is the unmistakable headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank - another modern masterpiece - the world's most expensive office block.
His father was a bank clerk in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
In 1882 he went to China to work for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but set up in business on his own in 1899.