In <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humen_(town)" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Humen (town)">Humen, China</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Zexu" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lin Zexu">Lin Zexu</a> destroys 1.2<span id="mwbg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a <i id="mwbw">casus belli</i> to open hostilities, resulting in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Opium War">First Opium War</a>.