Colonies
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Empire of Dirt
5:35
Britain's Sugar Addiction Fuelled the Slave Trade
Zing Tsjeng travels to Bristol to tell the dark history behind Britain's national sugar addiction and its connection to slave merchants like Edward Colston.
Empire of Dirt / web
4:52
Why Some Countries Still Punish Gay People
Zing Tsjeng reveals how a set of laws known as the penal code was exported from Britain to its colonies and is still affecting LGBTQ politics across the commonwealth
Empire of Dirt
5:52
How Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India with Trains
VICE World News host Zing Tsjeng explains why India shouldn’t be grateful for the trains, democracy and law that the British empire ‘gave them’.