The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Debra Beaumont
Simon Williams
Bao Guo-an
Oliver Cotton
Nigel Davenport
Rob Freeman
Emma Griffiths Malin
Garrick Hagon
Hua Jiang
Philip Jackson
Dominic Jephcott
Ko Hsiang-Ting
Liankun Lin
Bob Peck
Li Jie
Yuan Gao