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 ...

The Opium Wars signalled the start of what is referred to as the “century of humiliation” in China, a period when the country ...

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 ...

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

Office of China National Narcotics Control Commission published China Drug Situation report on Thursday. The report showed ...

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

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 .