What were the steps taken by Lin Ze Xu to stop opium trade?
1. Lin Ze xu special Commissioner at Canton in 1839, estimated that there were over 4 million opium smokers in China. 2
2. Lin arrested 1600 men involved in the opium trade and confiscated 11000 pounds of opium.
3. Then he forced the foreign factories to hand over their stocks of opium burnt 20000 crates of opium and blew the ashes to the wind.
4. When he announced that Canton was closed for foreign trade, Britain declared war.
