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"Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship," 1906
12020-09-23T14:36:56-04:00Weiting Guo08b125beef921c47ad1de3c337b8d14abd2713ab354plain2020-09-25T14:41:58-04:00Weiting Guo08b125beef921c47ad1de3c337b8d14abd2713abConclusion: Water as a Contested SpaceIn May 1906, a merchant boat filled with iced yellow croakers passed by Wenzhou’s port. The Smuggling Prevention Corps was waiting there, already aiming to capture salt smuggling boats. When they saw the merchant boat sailing in the nighttime, loaded down with heavy cargo, they thought that the boat was shipping smuggled goods. The Corps then turned off their lights, paused their telegram signals, and followed the boat. When they failed to catch the boat in time, they opened fire in a threatening manner. Their subsequent attack made the merchant boat believe that the Corps was actually a bandit boat. The merchant boat was heavily armed with weapons, so it fired back aggressively at the Corps’ boat. In the end, one Corps member was killed and one was injured. No one on the merchant boat was killed.
1media/Wenzhou_Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship 1906_thumb.png2020-09-23T10:45:40-04:00"Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship," Shen Bao, 19062Smuggling prevention corps mistaken as pirate ship, 1906; Shen Bao May 23, 1906media/Wenzhou_Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship 1906.pngplain2020-09-23T10:46:09-04:00