History & People

The opening shot in the First Opium War, called the Battle of Kowloon （九龍海戰）, occurred on September 4, 1839, when the

The destruction of opium at Humen （虎門銷煙）began on 3 June 1839. It involved the destruction of more than 1,000 tons of illegal opium seized from British traders under the supervision （監察）of Lin