Humen Town (simplified Chinese: 虎门镇; traditional Chinese: 虎門鎮; pinyin: Hǔmén zhèn; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 zan3), formerly Fumun, is a town in Dongguan city...
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near Humen Town in China's Guangdong Province. It is the site of the Pearl River's discharge into the South China Sea. It contains the Port of Humen at...
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The destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839, lasted for 23 days, and involved the destruction of 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) of illegal opium...
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The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the...
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(simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争博物馆; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭博物館)(Alternative name:Humen Lin Zexu Memorial Hall; simplified Chinese: 虎门林则徐纪念馆; traditional Chinese:...
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First Opium War, large quantities of seized opium were destroyed in Humen, a town that now belongs to Dongguan. Several of the major battles of the war...
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long) of Line 2 from Dongguan railway station in Shilong Town to Humen railway station in Humen Town opened on 27 May 2016. The line was called R2 in planning...
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("West River") from Zhaoqing to Gaoyao Pearl River at night, Guangzhou Humen Pearl River Bridge viewed from Zhenyuan Fort Zhuhai and Jiuzhou Islands...
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lieutenant-colonel (參將) Lin Fa (林發) near present-day Weiyuan Island east of Humen Town. These two engagements reduced the Chinese provincial fleet by half, and...
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opium. On 3 June 1839, Lin ordered the opium to be destroyed in public on Humen Beach to show the Government's determination to ban smoking. All other supplies...
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