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The most successful crusade against the opium trade before 1949 was undertaken by the Chinese state at a time when, according to many historians, China's central state was virtually powerless. This volume attempts to reconcile that apparent contradiction.Madancy, Joyce A. is the author of 'Troublesome Legacy of Commissioner Lin The Opium Trade and Opium Suppression in Fujian Province, 1820s to 1920s', published 2004 under ISBN 9780674012158 and ISBN 0674012151.
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