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

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 .

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

A key feature of China’s opium epidemic is that it was state-sponsored. In the early 19th century , British merchants wanted to sell Indian-grown opium in China, while Chinese officials ...

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 ...

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 exhibit explores the early days of U.S.-China trade with a focus on Connecticut merchants and sailors who participated in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted military defeats on China and demanded further concessions on trade.. Opium and ...

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.