Who led the first British envoy to China? What did Europeans think of China in the 1700s? Why did the diplomats bring a huge planetarium as a gift for the Chinese emperor? 

William and Anita continue the story of the build up to the Opium Wars with the story of the doomed British envoy to China. 

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