The shift has been gradual, but British institutions, from the National Trust to The Guardian newspaper, have begun examining their historical links to slavery
On a damp spring day, I walked to the Hong Kong Cemetery, near the city’s famed Happy Valley Racecourse. Winding my way through hundreds of marble and stone graves, I eventually reached one belonging to Miles Monk Magrath. Dating from 1864, it was covered in green and orange lichen, its lettering barely readable.
As I cleaned Mr. Magrath’s grave, alternately scrubbing and dousing it with water, I felt a certain level of discomfort about doing so. I still do now. The Opium Wars form a key part of the “century of humiliation” in Chinese history, when the ailing Qing were assailed from all sides by foreign powers, who carved the country up before the empire finally collapsed. The sacking of the Summer Palace by British and French troops in 1860 is still cited by Chinese leaders today, and the grounds have been kept in their partially destroyed condition as a reminder of historical suffering.
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