Humen Opium Destruction

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anti-opium campaign historical event

Humen Opium Destruction refers to the 1839 event in which Chinese official Lin Zexu ordered and carried out the large-scale confiscation and destruction of foreign opium at Humen, an act that helped trigger the First Opium War between China and Britain.

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Label	Occurrences
Destruction of opium at Humen	1
Humen Opium Destruction canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-opium campaign ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Destruction of opium at Humen NERFINISHED ⓘ Humen Opium Destruction Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ Taku Opium Destruction NERFINISHED ⓘ
authority	Lin Zexu NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Humen Opium War Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ monuments at Humen ⓘ
confiscatedFrom	British opium traders at Guangzhou ⓘ foreign merchants in Canton ⓘ
coordinateLocation	22.82°N 113.67°E ⓘ
country	Qing Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	British diplomatic correspondence of 1839 ⓘ Lin Zexu’s memorials to the throne ⓘ
followedBy	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	event in 19th-century Chinese history ⓘ
hasCause	Lin Zexu’s anti-opium policy ⓘ Qing imperial ban on opium ⓘ illegal importation of opium into China by foreign merchants ⓘ
hasEffect	deployment of British naval forces to China ⓘ escalation of tensions between Qing China and Britain ⓘ immediate British diplomatic protests ⓘ outbreak of the First Opium War in 1839 ⓘ strengthening of Chinese anti-opium sentiment ⓘ symbolic beginning of China’s modern national humiliation narrative ⓘ
historicalSignificance	iconic event in Chinese anti-drug history ⓘ key trigger for the First Opium War ⓘ major turning point in Sino-British relations ⓘ
legalBasis	imperial edicts of the Daoguang Emperor banning opium ⓘ
location	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ Humen NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ opium trade ⓘ
method	dissolving opium in trenches with lime and salt water ⓘ flushing dissolved opium into the sea ⓘ
opponent	British opium traders ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	British East India Company-affiliated traders ⓘ British merchants ⓘ Chinese coastal defense forces ⓘ Qing government NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Qing dynasty anti-opium enforcement campaign ⓘ
pointInTime	1839 ⓘ June 1839 ⓘ
quantityDestroyed	approximately 1,000–1,200 tons of opium ⓘ over 20,000 chests of opium ⓘ
significantPerson	Charles Elliot NERFINISHED ⓘ Daoguang Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lin Zexu NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Humen → knownFor → Humen Opium Destruction ⓘ

Humen → eventLocation → Humen Opium Destruction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Destruction of opium at Humen