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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

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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