The Tragic Hero Lin Zexu Immortalized in Macao’s Lian Feng Miao

A native of Fujian province, Lin Zexu was appointed Imperial Commissioner to halt rampant opium trafficking. Launching a "forcible" opium suppression campaign, he coercively confiscated and destroyed an enormous amount of opium at Humen in June 1839. Meanwhile, he went to Macao to press the Portugue...

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Published in:	Review of Culture
Main Author:	Christina Miu Bing Cheng
Format:	Articles
Published:	Instituto Cultural de Macau 2020
Subjects:	Humen ; Lin Weixi Incident ; Mercantile capitalism ; Opium War ; Predatory imperialism ; Articles
Online Access:	https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40063/3991