That comforting cup of ‘cha’ you hold in your hand hides a bitter history of colonial theft, exploitation and ongoing injustice in South Asia’s tea plantations ...

The First Opium War wasn’t just about drugs it was about trade, empire, and clashing worldviews. This video explores why Britain went to war with China in 1839, using opium as leverage to force open ...

Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

The world has a shared interest in helping Afghan farmers move on from poppy. But time and again, it has abandoned them and ...

Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

We’re losing our children to digital brain rot, and they’re losing more than their attention spans.

China seeks to undo the ‘Century of Humiliation’ in which it ceded great territory to Moscow.

Less than two decades after the First Opium War, Britain launched another brutal campaign against Qing China this time with ...

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 ...

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

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. A 2012 U.S. Senate investigation documented that the British bank HSBC laundered billions for the Mexican […] ...

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