In 'Smoke and Ashes,' Amitav Ghosh draws comparisons between America's modern opioid crisis and the West's flooding of China with opium in the 18th century.

A scene from 1842 during the first Opium War between China and Britain. Such battles more than 150 years ago were about control over trade, finance, and sovereignty — much like China’s ...

China was soundly defeated. Among other outcomes, it ceded the vast port city of Hong Kong to Britain at the end of the First Opium War. Hong Kong returned to China's dominion in 1997.

China's anti-smoking movement was first recorded in 1639, when Ming Dynasty (AD 1368－1644) Emperor Chong Zhen issued a national ban on tobacco and stipulated that tobacco addicts be executed. In ...

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 ...

Lashio, Myanmar - Military-ruled Myanmar, the world's second-largest producer of opium, burned illegal drugs worth $272,5-million (about R19-billion) Tuesday in an effort to highlight its counter ...

From pirates to tea to opium, Eric Jay Dolin's new book, When America First Met China, describes the long and complicated history of the trade relationship between the two countries.

Online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays, China's video game regulator has said. The National Press and Publication ...