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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Audio: This Week in China's History — Lin Zexu Confiscates the Opium
Audio: This Week in China's History — Lin Zexu Confiscates the Opium
March 18, 1839
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A weekly discussion of current affairs in China that looks at books, ideas, new research, intellectual currents, and cultural trends that help us better understand what’s happening in China’s politics, foreign relations, economics, and society. Join each week for in-depth conversations that shed more light and bring less heat to the way we think and talk about China.
A weekly discussion of current affairs in China that looks at books, ideas, new research, intellectual currents, and cultural trends that help us better understand what’s happening in China’s politics, foreign relations, economics, and society. Join each week for in-depth conversations that shed more light and bring less heat to the way we think and talk about China.
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