The Opium War
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鲍国安林连昆苏民郎雄邵昕姜华鲍勃·佩克西蒙·威廉姆斯
The continuous import of opium from Britain made Emperor Daoguang feel that the country was in danger. Although he was afraid of foreign powers, he still issued an edict to appoint Lin Zexu (Bao Guo'an), the Governor of Hubei and Guangxi, as the imperial envoy to Guangzhou to ban smoking. But the collusion between corrupt officials and British merchants made the opium trade complex, and Lin Zexu's anti smoking campaign began from the very beginning
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The continuous import of opium from Britain made Emperor Daoguang feel that the country was in danger. Although he was afraid of foreign powers, he still issued an edict to appoint Lin Zexu (Bao Guo'an), the Governor of Hubei and Guangxi, as the imperial envoy to Guangzhou to ban smoking. But the collusion between corrupt officials and British merchants made the opium trade complex, and Lin Zexu's anti smoking campaign began from the very beginning