The opioid that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year has become a source of political leverage that Beijing won’t ...

Thankfully, the case against me was purely political, and I had the support of relentless advocates and negotiators who ...

Synthetic opioids called nitazenes, which are up to 500 times stronger than heroin, are appearing in the capital in the form ...

Ta’ang National Liberation Army rebels did not acknowledge the loss of Nawnghkio, saying they moved to ‘safe locations’.

Sometimes, a newspaper article can offer a rich and nuanced understanding of a past era that can’t quite be captured by a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that approximately four million people in Afghanistan suffer from disorders ...

The world drug market has never been so globalised, active and diverse, according to the United Nations – which marks International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Thursday. RFI ...

There was a time when one of the world's greatest civilisations, China, lost an entire generation to a slow, silent poison: opium. It numbed pain, dulled ambition and emptied futures. Young Chinese ...

This is an unsettling scenario to imagine and, fortunately, there has been no such direct attack by China against the U.S.—or, at least, not a kinetic one. But what if there were an attack comparable ...

China's property crisis could worsen, with home prices potentially falling 10% by 2027, according to Goldman Sachs. The crisis began in 2021 due to lending curbs aimed at reducing financial risk ...

Explore the untold crisis facing China: demographic challenges, economic vulnerabilities, and the impact of policies under Xi Jinping.