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desc=In the port of Canton, Chinese Commissioner Lin Zexu has taken an unprecedented action: he has ordered the confiscation and destruction of more than 1,000 tons of British opium, without compensation. He has done so in the name of the Daoguang Emperor, under the banner of imperial morality and Chinese sovereignty.In London, this measure has been considered an intolerable humiliation. Parliament and British newspapers clamor for justice. Merchants demand compensation, and sectors of the government are pushing for military intervention to force the opening of trade on a level playing field.The Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, sees this as an opportunity to impose British power over a closed and decaying empire. The Royal Navy is already mobilizing from India and Singapore. The question facing the British cabinet is clear:
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