Lin Zexu

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Destruction of opium at Humen

📅 3 Yüni 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...