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Fig. 5.6 The location of kiln sites of Zhangzhou, Fujian province (FJPM 1997)

approved by the local governor Wang Bo ($"), who had accepted the bribes from
the Portuguese. In the following years, Wang also played a key role in legalizing
the Portuguese trade activities with the Chinese merchants in Canton in 1554 (Guo
1602), and prompting the lease of Macau to the Portuguese in 1557 (Boxer 1959).