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The Opium Wars weren’t just about drugs they were about power, profit, and empire. This video series breaks down how ...
What were some of the highlights of your recently-concluded lecture series? AMAR FAROOQUI: In an age when the trade in ...
In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...
China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ with opium figures into the US fentanyl crisis by David Luckey and Scott Savitz, opinion contributors - 08/07/24 10:00 AM ET ...
The Opium Wars signalled the start of what is referred to as the“century of humiliation” in China, a period when the country was colonized and dictated to by foreign powers .
Chatra: Police have arrested a 19-year-old drug peddler Santosh Kumar and seized 23.35 kg opium worth Rs 70 lakh from his ...
During the 1910s, one tin of opium from China cost about $2.50 to produce, and the same tin smuggled into the United States sold for more than $120, according to a news article published by the ...
Dr. W. H. G. Aspland, General Secretary of the International Anti-Opium Association in Peking, says: “In two districts in South Fu-Kien the military authorities are planning to raise $15,000,000 ...
Poppy seed is so commonplace in Bengali cuisine – and held in such high regard – that I almost took a packet as a gift for my ...
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, ...
Professor-author Amar Farooqui, who recently delivered a lecture series, unravels the insightful emergence of the city as a ...