Which of the following best explains the purpose of Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria?
a
A request to create a more balanced trade relationship between Britain and China
b
A plea for the importation of only necessary household goods into China
c
A demand for the British to stop importing opium into China
d
A threat to stop all trade with Europe if certain demands were not met
Campaign to suppress opium. Soon after his arrival in Guangdong Province in the middle of 1839, Lin wrote a memorial to Queen Victoria in the form of an open letter published in Canton, urging her to end the opium trade.
