PRESENTER:'Commissioner Lin began the destruction of the British opium 'in early June, 1839. PRESENTER:'There were ... This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China.
The famous Sassoons of Bombay became one of China's wealthiest families in the 19th century, unfolding the lesser known story ...
China 1839. Because the British imports of opium ... the weak Manchu emperor Tao Kuang is forced to take action that precipitates the 'Opium War'.
Sources of World History, Volume II, (New York: HarperCollins CollegePublishers, 1995), pp. 266-69 Kishlansky Introduction: Lin Zexu (1785-1850) was the Chinese Commissioner in Canton whose actions ...
Sources of World History, Volume II, (New York: HarperCollins CollegePublishers, 1995), pp. 266-69 Kishlansky Introduction: Lin Zexu (1785-1850) was the Chinese Commissioner in Canton whose actions ...