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James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝, Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 — unknown) [1] was an 18th-century British merchant and diplomat employed by the East India Company and noted for his role in precipitating the Canton System of Chinese trade with the West.
Englishman James Flint, a long-term East India Company supercargo and a fluent speaker of Chinese, [17] became the focus of the impetus for change. Flint had been repeatedly warned to remain in Canton during the trading season and not to venture north in search of commercial opportunities.
c. 1785 sketch for William Daniell's 1806 The European Factories, Canton William Daniell's c. 1805 View of the Canton Factories The factories c. 1807 The 1822 fire The ruins of the initial factories after the 1822 fire European Factories at Canton (c. 1840) by Auguste Borget The layout of the factories just before the 1841 fire British troops welcoming Viceroy Kiyeng after the Expedition to ...
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Chef Meherwan and Molly Irani introduced the 2022 James Beard Award winner for Outstanding Restaurant on Sept. 23, 2009. Chai Pani's original location at 22 Battery Park Ave. where it opened 15 ...
Flint is the founder of the Baton Show Lounge, Annex 2, Annex 3, Redoubt, and River North Travel. [6] In the late 1970s and early '80s, he was associated with the Chicago Knight MC and participated in “Toys for Tots”. He was also involved in the early stages of Chicago House. [6]
One restaurant that stands out in the history of Chinese restaurants in the UK is the Kuo Yuan which in 1963 was the first restaurant to serve Peking duck. In 2003, the first British Chinese restaurant achieved a Michelin star. [28] In the United Kingdom, the business employed a large percentage of Chinese immigrants in the 1980s (90% in 1985 ...
James Flint (1733–1810), Scottish surgeon, co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh James Flint (architect) (1862–1894), Australian architect James Flint (RAF officer) (1913–2013), British businessman and officer