Imperial Trading Company: Canton

Author: Qin Bo
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: They were once known as one of the three major merchant groups in Qing Dynasty China, alongside the Jin merchants and the Huizhou merchants; they operated the only Sino-Western trade port during the peak period of the Great Qing Empire; they were regarded by the Western world as the richest people of their time; they opened the door for China to enter the world and the window for the world to observe China; in the war that changed the fate of modern China, what legendary experiences did they have? This is the Canton, a foreign trade firm merchant group that has been severely neglected and even distorted by history, a group of merchants full of many historical secrets.