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Britain's Imperial Cornerstone in China CMOs 1200 - 586 BCE) haveThis is an in depth account of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, a uniquely cosmopolitan institution established in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars (1842 to 43), and a central feature of the Treaty Port system. The British dominated service was headed by the famous Robert Hart who founded a far reaching customs administration that also encompassed other responsibilities such as marine and harbour maintenance, quarantine, anti