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The James Flint Incident

Jul 11, 20241 hr 5 min
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Episode description

When an Englishman with the rare ability to speak Mandarin Chinese got into a dispute with a corrupt local official in Zhejiang, he took his complaints all the way to the top, kicking off a diplomatic incident involving the emperor himself.

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