Opium war museum in China see your forefathers suffered from Brit atrocities

Located in Humen Town in Dongguan, the Opium War Museum is where the historical materials and the relics of Lin Zexu destroying opium and the Opium Wars (1840-1842 and 1856-1860) are preserved, exhibited and researched. Lin (1785-1850) was a great patriotic politician and poet in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). He destroyed about 1,188,127 kilograms (2,619,372 pounds) of opium at Humen Beach in 1839. Now, it is regarded as a National AAAA Tourist Attraction as well as one of the one hundred National Patriotism Education Base Models.

Being also called Humen Lin Zexu Memorial Hall, the Opium War Museum comprises three scenic areas: the museum itself; the Shajiao Emplacement; the Weiyuan Emplacement. Shajiao and Weiyuan Emplacements are situated in Shajiao Community and Weiyuan Island in Humen.

In the museum, the Exhibition Building is the main attraction. Encompassing a total area of about 2,400 square meters (0.5 acre), the building is built like an emplacement. It mainly displays an exhibition on the history of Lin Zexu destroying opium and the Opium Wars. The exhibition can be divided into eight parts: the circumstances in China before the first Opium War; the import of opium to China; Lin Zexu destroying opium; Britain launching the Opium War; people in Guangdong and other coastal provinces fighting against the British forces; the end of the Opium War and Chinese people's anti-invasion activities. The ancient relics are also exhibited there, such as the opium smoking sets, the couplets and the slogans written by Lin Zexu, the cannons, the swords and the long spears used to fight against British invaders as well as the arms captured from the invaders. Among those relics, 13 are first level ones under state protection.

Modern technologies including sand table, sound, light and electricity models have been applied to the inside exhibition. The application of those advanced technologies makes the exhibition more vivid and interesting. Therefore, visitors can have a better understanding of the Opium Wars.

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/dongguan/opium-war-museum.htm

See how Chinese suffered in 1900s and become poor peasants from evil British. The new baby girl from Kate and William to apologize to the Chinese in 2100?



He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. Chinese Proverb

For over a century, Western nations trafficked in opium on a scale that dwarfs any modern Colombian multi billion dollar drug empire, yet today we Westerners know little about it. We don't learn about it in high school history--or even college, for that matter. I had an American professor in Xiamen tell me that he thought the war was fought to keep China from exporting opium.

Most Westerners by far opposed the trade. Even the British opposed it. The entire British parliament opposed the 2nd Opium War--and was dissolved. In the 1880s, when the U.S. made it illegal for Americans to engage in the opium trade, a Chinese leader said, "This is the first time that I've seen a Christian nation act like a Christian country." But the trafficking continued until, by the 1920s, fully half of Europe’s Asian profits derived from opium. While only asmall minority benefited from the trade, that minority controlled the fate of half the world's population in China and India, and dictated Western policy as well.

Just Say No? opium addict smoking pipe woodcut China, not America, started the first “Just Say No!” anti-drug program. Chinese leaders appealed to our sense of morality and justice, and the “Way of Heaven.” The West responded with a “Just Say Yes!” campaign and two wars to implement it, and America’s ex-President Adams made our first complaint against China’s human rights by declaring that her refusal to import opium was a violation of ‘the rights of men and nations

http://www.amoymagic.com/OpiumWar.htm

Christians are drug traffickers .... by the Brit standards .....

Amos was right about it? His charges should drop for insulting Christians.

Christians do deserved to be shamed and blame the evil Brit Christians who create the KJV Bible followed with illegal opium trades at the expense of non-Christians, worse still, against the wish of a Buddhist nation China.

Jesus up there must be ashamed of the Brit and Yehweh shake head when it comes to the evil Brit using their name in vain to commit crime against non-Christians.



After the Dao Guang emperor’s 3 sons, including his heir, died of opium addiction, he ordered the viceroy at Canton to tighten up controls. He lambasted Britain as “a Christian nation devoid of four out of the five Virtues.” Indignant opium smugglers demanded that Britain redeem her honor, but parliament urged patience, reasoning that the Emperor would give in when he saw the magnitude of the profits to be made. But the Emperor refused the part of Judas. He wrote,
“It is true that I cannot prevent the introduction of the poison; gainseeking corrupt men will, for profit and sensuality, defeat my wishes; but nothing will induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and misery of my people.”

http://www.amoymagic.com/OpiumWar.htm

boycott HSBC too.............it was primarily used to ''process'' opium money..........

I am more interested in visiting the museum in China that showcases the war crimes of the CCP and its members - Civil War, Sino-Jap War, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square Massacre, etc etc

my father told me that my great grandfather smoked opium, and he told him that opium was really very very shiok, it's great. :o

no one put a gun on your ancestor head to force him to take drugs.

singveld said:

no one put a gun on your ancestor head to force him to take drugs.

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the British used guns to force the Qing dynasty to legalize opium in China then.

Sideswipe said:

the British used guns to force the Qing dynasty to legalize opium in China then.

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even if it is on sale. you do not have to take it. just like casino, it is there, but you do not have to go and lose your pants.

singveld said:

even if it is on sale. you do not have to take it. just like casino, it is there, but you do not have to go and lose your pants.

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using your strange logic. we can have all sorts of illegal drugs and weapons on public sale. it is perfectly alright. you don't have to buy and take the drugs or if you buy a gun, you don't have to use it to hurt or kill someone. does that make sense to you ?

Sideswipe said:

using your strange logic. we can have all sorts of illegal drugs and weapons on public sale. it is perfectly alright. you don't have to buy and take the drugs or if you buy a gun, you don't have to use it to hurt or kill someone. does that make sense to you ?

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are you PAP?
Ban this ban that.

USA full of drugs and guns. They are number 1 in the world. Everyone want to go there.
Did the mexican who walk thousands miles worry about the gun problem or drug problem?

If drug and guns are available in the open market I will be the one to sell for profit, like the Brit, your country die your business.

singveld said:

are you PAP?
Ban this ban that.

USA full of drugs and guns. They are number 1 in the world. Everyone want to go there.
Did the mexican who walk thousands miles worry about the gun problem or drug problem?

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Sideswipe said:

the British used guns to force the Qing dynasty to legalize opium in China then.

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"The strong do what they can. The weak suffer what they must." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_dialogue

This has been a matter-of-fact since the beginning of time. Ah Gong was shrewd to recognize this fact, instead of forever harping on the the idealism of world peace and fairness on the international stage. That's why Singapore spends so much on defence, and used the Brit's mandated NS to create a real fighting force, instead of some useless ceremonial Swiss Guard or local militia.

Singapore is safe today because we have more soldiers, more guns and better guns than our neighbours.

Qing China became so many people's bitch because the Manchu armies lost their fighting edge, and increasingly relied on Chinese militias to suppress local rebellions, especially the Taiping Rebellion. A weak country has no right to expect fairness from stronger countries.

you are ranting on one man LKY to prove your point on Qing Dynasty.

Wait for LHL to get sack soon though ballet boxes then compare LKY to Qing.

JohnTan said:

"The strong do what they can. The weak suffer what they must." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_dialogue

This has been a matter-of-fact since the beginning of time. Ah Gong was shrewd to recognize this fact, instead of forever harping on the the idealism of world peace and fairness on the international stage. That's why Singapore spends so much on defence, and used the Brit's mandated NS to create a real fighting force, instead of some useless ceremonial Swiss Guard or local militia.

Singapore is safe today because we have more soldiers, more guns and better guns than our neighbours.

Qing China became so many people's bitch because the Manchu armies lost their fighting edge, and increasingly relied on Chinese militias to suppress local rebellions, especially the Taiping Rebellion. A weak country has no right to expect fairness from stronger countries.

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tanwahtiu said:

you are ranting on one man LKY to prove your point on Qing Dynasty.

Wait for LHL to get sack soon though ballet boxes then compare LKY to Qing.

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I am bringing up LKY to explain why he saw things right and did things right. Only a naive fool would expect fairness and justice from stronger countries. Qing China deserved whatever humiliation it got because it was stuck in its past glories. Even after the First Opium War, it still did not wake up its idea and continued in its ways for another 70 years before it was brought down without much fanfare.

All the sufferings the chinks experienced from the western imperialists could have been avoided if China modernized after losing the first opium war. But they didn't. The Japs watched what China did wrong and decided that they needed to modernize. There's a longer story behind the Jap modernization, but long story short, the Japs were more pragmatic and also understood the concept that unless your country is strong and rich, you will be bullied by bigger and strong countries.

People who complain about USA or Russia meddling in the affairs of smaller countries have yet to grasp this fact, and are still ranting about "fairness".

LKY would not have done better if Singapore has vast lands and over 1B population to govern like China.

Your rant is incomprehensible.

JohnTan said:

I am bringing up LKY to explain why he saw things right and did things right. Only a naive fool would expect fairness and justice from stronger countries. Qing China deserved whatever humiliation it got because it was stuck in its past glories. Even after the First Opium War, it still did not wake up its idea and continued in its ways for another 70 years before it was brought down without much fanfare.

All the sufferings the chinks experienced from the western imperialists could have been avoided if China modernized after losing the first opium war. But they didn't. The Japs watched what China did wrong and decided that they needed to modernize. There's a longer story behind the Jap modernization, but long story short, the Japs were more pragmatic and also understood the concept that unless your country is strong and rich, you will be bullied by bigger and strong countries.

People who complain about USA or Russia meddling in the affairs of smaller countries have yet to grasp this fact, and are still ranting about "fairness".

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Sideswipe said:

using your strange logic

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Very strange indeed.
Drug abuse affects many other innocent people in the society.
People can rob. People can sell their wives/children for monies to buy drugs.

tanwahtiu said:

LKY would not have done better if Singapore has vast lands and over 1B population to govern like China.

Your rant is incomprehensible.

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Every country, big or small, has its own challenges. A small country may be easy to govern, but a small country also has to deal with limitations of having less resources and the possibility of ending up becoming a satellite state of its stronger neighbours. There are also many small countries today that are poor.

Your decision to ignore LKY's contribution simply because you hate PAP makes you look stupid.

PAP IB like you make us more so to rebut you then be constructive with PAP machineries.

When LKY say PAP is government and government is PAP he was throwing us challenge to remove PAP as government and install 2 party coalition government. 1 party government don't make sense today.

“I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.”
- Lee Kuan Yew, Petir, 1982


I like him and his PAP when he say this with conviction:

“But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any democratic processes, other than by the ordinary law of the land, should be allowed… If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.”
- Lee Kuan Yew as an opposition leader, April 27, 1955


“If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law – if that is not what we have always cried out against in Fascist states – then what is it?… If we are to survive as a free democracy, then we must be prepared, in principle, to concede to our enemies – even those who do not subscribe to our views – as much constitutional rights as you concede yourself.”
- Opposition leader Lee Kuan Yew, Legislative Assembly Debates, Sept 21, 1955

JohnTan said:

Every country, big or small, has its own challenges. A small country may be easy to govern, but a small country also has to deal with limitations of having less resources and the possibility of ending up becoming a satellite state of its stronger neighbours. There are also many small countries today that are poor.

Your decision to ignore LKY's contribution simply because you hate PAP makes you look stupid.

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