Thirteen Factories
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Thirteen Factories
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The Thirteen Factories, also known as the Canton Factories, was a neighbourhood along the Pearl River in southwestern Guangzhou (Canton) in the Qing Empire from c. 1684 to 1856 around modern day Xiguan, in Guangzhou's Liwan District. These warehouses and stores were the principal and sole legal site of most Western trade with China from 1757 to 1842. The factories were destroyed by fire in 1822 by accident, in 1841 amid the First Opium War, and in 1856 at the onset of the Second Opium War. The f
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Area of Guangzhou, China, c. 1684 to 1856
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Factories
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2024-04-06T17:31:29Z
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