Historical Person

Lin Zexu

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Lin Zexu

Gender: Male

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Destruction of opium at Humen

📅 3 June 1839

Commissioner Lin Zexu ordered the destruction of seized opium at Humen. The First Opium War followed, exposing Qing China to coercive imperial trade and military power. A decolonial account recognizes...