Howqua
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Wu Bingjian (; 17694 September 1843), trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the world.
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Release Date: Single out 18th September Genre: Soulscape Members: Ben Campain Hometown: Melbourne Town Website: http://www.howquamusic.com "For as long as I can remember I have heard music in my head. And for many years I have been trying to find a way to combine those sounds with the core of my thoughts/ emotions and experiences. This new musical project is the result of that. It excites me, scares the hell out of me and is my heart and soul transparent" - HOWQUA <a href="https://www.last
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- Wu Bingjian
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- 1769
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- Guangzhou, China
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- 4 September 1843 (age 75)
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- Guangzhou, China
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- Founding of the E-wo hong
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- At least five, and adopted John Murray Forbes.
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- 1769-01-01
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- 1843-09-04
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- 浩官
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- 成之
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- 平湖
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Wu Bingjian (; 17694 September 1843), trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the world.
==Biography== A Hokkien by his paternal ancestry with ancestry from Quanzhou, Wu was known by the Europeans as Howqua, as was his father, Wu Guorong, the founder of the family business or hong. The name "Howqua" is a romanization, in his native Hokkien, of the business name under which he traded, "浩官" (). He became rich on the trade between China and the British Raj in the middle of the 19th century during the First Opium War. Perhaps the wealthiest man in China during the nineteenth century, Howqua was the senior of the hong merchants in Canton, one of the few authorized to trade silk and porcelain with foreigners. In an 1822 fire which burned down many of the cohongs, the silver that melted allegedly formed a little stream almost two miles in length. Of the three million dollars that the Qing regime was required to pay the British as stipulated in the Treaty of Nanking, Howqua allegedly help raise one million. He died the same year in Canton.