The 19th century Opium Wars between England and China had lasting ... In the U.S., the dredge of cable news seems to be a daily battle between conservatives and liberals over who has been most ...

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 ...

The United States is losing the New Opium War with China. Leaders in Washington, D.C. appear unwilling to acknowledge that a fight even exists. A crisis of addiction in China in the 19th century ...

Stephen R. Platt reviews "The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China," by Julia Lovell. In the Opium War, China won at most one battle—and even that was largely due to the weather.

These wars involved naval battles that caused loss of life and disrupted ... particularly farmers and artisans caught in the conflict. 3. The Opium Wars: Devastation in China The British-Chinese ...

Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted military defeats on China and demanded further concessions on trade.