after 1927 it entered into a stage of decline. In the trade with Xinjiang, British businessmen reaped colossal profits through usury, price fixing, and transporting opium for sale.
在对新贸易中 ,英商通过发放高利贷、抬高商品价格和贩运鸦片等手段谋取暴利。
The officials take advantages of their political power to win money and beauties, and business people in turn buy off the officials for colossal profits and other social privileges.