
In the winter of 1931, in Shaoxing, people protested against the Japanese occupation of Northeast China, but opium destroyed the family of 14-year-old Lin Geng.

In the winter of 1931, in Shaoxing, people protested against the Japanese occupation of Northeast China, but opium destroyed the family of 14-year-old Lin Geng.
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