The first place the Bohemian entered turned out to be an opium factory ... to be “more or less dens of gambling, inequity, shame and vice.” And not just vice for the Chinese community ...

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 ...

I also think of the Victorian Opium dens in London and the influence of and trade with the Chinese people who ran the dens. It makes me think of the Pre-Raphaelite romantic poets who used opium ...

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”.

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 ...

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 ...