Did China foster or resist the early wave of globalisation? How should we situate China within the global context prior to the First Opium War? Compared with the Dutch and the British, in what ways ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan’s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...

China has implemented strict regulations regarding video gaming by minors below 18, which will be limited to three hours a week to combat what authorities have described as the “spiritual opium”.

Using the historic setting of Preston Manor, an elegant manor house, visitors will experience the smells and sounds of a ...

from China . . . ” Only the previous day, I had seen Fortune’s name in Lucy Inglis’s fascinating book Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium. I checked back and there was just this one ...

ZHENG YANGWEN:And China wasn't buying a lot from Britain ... opium addiction became visible socially.' Which means opium dens on the street, people dying off, dozing off on the street, it's ...