jul 11, 1835 - Port of Canton

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Canton (traditionally known as Guangzhou) is a prominent Chinese port city that was a major source of European opium in the 1800s. The Treaty of Nanking made it a treaty port, and it received a wide range of foreign merchants - local Chinese eventually worked menial labor as foreigners profited. This led to growing anti-foreign sentiment in China.

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