What the Opium Wars can tell us about China, the U.S. and fentanyl
Imports of tea, porcelain and silk from China had created a large trade imbalance. One product that the British could access ...
lse1 年
From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century
Did China foster or resist the early wave of globalisation? How should we situate China within the global context prior to the First Opium War? Compared with the Dutch and the British, in what ways ...
China Internet Information Center15 年
Eight-Power Allied Forces
In the 1830s, Britain illegally exported opium to China in large quantities ... Governor-General of Hubei and Hunan, to ban opium smoking and the opium trade in Guangdong.
Daily Mail19 天
Smoking gun photo that shows how US soldier sold military secrets to China
Jian Zhao, Li Tian, and former Army soldier Ruoyu Duan were arrested on Thursday for conspiring to transmit sensitive data to China. Zhao, a battery supply sergeant at the Joint Base Lewis ...
朝日新聞社1 年
The truth about Japan’s wartime opium monopoly in Manchukuo
The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan’s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...
BBC1 年
History KS3 / GCSE: The First Opium War, 1838-1842
PRESENTER:'They then bought up Indian opium and sold it to China, 'buying tea in return. PRESENTER:'And so they created a trading triangle. 'The profits were high, but so was the risk. PRESENTER ...
The Straits Times11 天
Monkey business: Zoo in China investigating after chimpanzee filmed smoking discarded ...
A zoo in China is investigating an incident in which a chimpanzee was captured on video smoking a discarded cigarette butt, according to Chinese media. The video, which has gone viral since it was ...