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Drugs burned in East China

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2010-06-04 16:07
Drugs burned in East China
Locals in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province, participate in burning packets of heroine on June 3, 2010. June 3 was the 171st anniversary of "Humen Opium Destruction." On the same day 171 years ago, an official named Lin Zexu in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)confiscated 20,000 boxes, or 1.1 million kg, of opium on the seashore at Humen of Guangdong, and it took 23 days to completely destroy the drugs. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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