The Opium Wars weren’t just about drugs they were about power, profit, and empire. This video series breaks down how ...

Professor-author Amar Farooqui, who recently delivered a lecture series, unravels the insightful emergence of the city as a ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

KABUL, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered illegal drug of opium poppy type in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province and arrested four suspects, provincial counter-narcotics police chief ...

“Chinese traders pay us in advance for the harvest,” he said, showing Al Jazeera three dinner-plate-sized mounds of opium.

From China with Love: Kash Patel explains to Joe Rogan how fentanyl became America’s opium war TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jun 10, 2025, 17:05 IST ...

Throughout 2024, China seized 16.3 tonnes of narcotics from overseas sources, representing a 20 percent year-on-year decrease. The Golden Triangle region remained China's primary drug source, ...

The United Nations designated the day as June 26, one day after the anniversary of Qing Dynasty official Lin Zexu's destruction of about 1,400 tonnes of foreign-smuggled opium in south China in 1839.

Afghanistan has remained largely isolated since the Taliban seized power nearly four years ago, despite subtle signs of ...

Acclaimed Chinese artist, sculptor and environmentalist Yuan Xikun unveiled a commemorative sculpture of a legendary narcotics detection dog named Jijunxing, who was one of China's "Meritorious Dogs" ...

In September, China will solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance ...