A 10-year-old's homework dispute in Yongning County, China, led to his father's opium stash being exposed. In retaliation for being scolded, the boy c ...

Imports of tea, porcelain and silk from China had created a large trade imbalance . One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their ...

The British forces inflicted a series of military defeats on the Chinese until 1842, when the war was ended with the Treaty ...

PROF. ZHENG YANGWEN:That the Chinese were buying a little bit of opium every time, and that number was increasing. PRESENTER:'The key to the opium trade was British control of India, 'where the ...

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In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 10% levy against China and pressing a 30-day pause on proposed tariffs ...

China's government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration's imposition of a long-threatened 10% tariff on Chinese ...

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The British had foisted opium addiction on China through illegal smuggling of the substance in the early 19th century and legal sale in the aftermath of the two Opium Wars (1839-1841 and 1856-1860 ...

Imports of tea, porcelain and silk from China had created a large trade imbalance. One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their colonial ...