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英文标题：Lin Zexu’s Tiger Gate Opium Destruction, A Major Milestone in China’s Anti-Opium History
英文翻译内容：On January 3, 1839, Lin Zexu was appointed as the Imperial Commissioner and went to Guangdong to ban opium. On March 10, Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou and immediately began his anti-opium campaign. After hearing the news, Elliot ordered British merchant ships in the outer harbor to sail to Hong Kong and plan resistance to the ban. On June 3, Lin Zexu confiscated all 2,376,254 pounds of opium from foreign merchants and began burning it at Tiger Gate Beach, with the burning completed on the 25th.
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