Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted ...

Join me on a journey through history as we explore the shadowy legacy of the Opium Wars in the heart of Hong Kong. From intriguing sites to untold stories, witness how the past echoes through the ...

Volume two covers the subsequent period through Japan’s World War II defeat of 1945. The second volume also notes that the Manchukuo government forced opium addicts and other drug users to work ...

Rubio remarked, referencing the Opium Wars that confronted China and British opium merchants, as quoted by RFA. The Opium Wars that occurred between 1839 and 1842 and 1856 and 1860 saw China ...

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...

Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan ... Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have any choice".