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Audio: This Week in China's History — Lin Zexu Confiscates the Opium
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Audio: This Week in China's History — Lin Zexu Confiscates the Opium

March 18, 1839
James Carter
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Kaiser Y Kuo
Mar 15, 2024
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Listen to the audio narration of “This Week in China’s History” as historian James Carter tells about Commissioner Lin’s fateful decision to confiscate the opium from British merchants in Canton.

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