2 For one thing, he had especially close relations to the Zheng court and with traders in Chenggong's new capital, Xiamen. 1 In many ways he was like other wealthy and well-connected Chinese immigrants who had bought a stake in the colony, but in other ways he was less typical. He Tingbin (何廷斌) was a cabessa, a Sino-Dutch translator, a village leaseholder, a tax farmer, and a merchant.
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