Linda Jaivin’s epic tale of China’s Cultural Revolution brings its players to life – and illustrates the massive scale of its ...

The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. Two wars took place, both fought essentially over the illegal ...

Point is, I finally got it to work a couple of weeks ago, and here I am in an opium den in San Francisco in 1888. Real nice place, too. All class…well, except for the people that were smoking opium.

Tucked away on the second floor above Chop Chop Cook Shop, a contemporary Thai-Chinese eatery, the bar channels the sultry glamour of 1920s Shanghai – complete with rich velvet textures and the moody ...

Charles Dickens visited Georgetown in 1842. "The heights of this neighborhood," he wrote, "are very picturesque; and are free, I should conceive, from some of the insalubrities of Washington. The air, ...

The self-described Long Beach bar collective has plenty of unique offerings, from specialty cocktails to small plates.

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The list for 2025 and several special awards were announced at a live ceremony in Macau, featuring bars from 20 destinations ...

A Chinese man lures a white girl into his den and teaches her to smoke opium. Police raid the place in a nick of time and arrest him.