The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from ...

While some countries benefit from such protectionism, others face higher costs and supply chain disruptions that inevitably ...

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 10% levy against China and pressing a 30-day pause on proposed tariffs ...

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine.

Opium was grown in British India, and smuggled into China. The Chinese resisted the opium trade. This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China. The Chinese army and ...

A bell has been stolen from a war memorial in a Nottingham park. Nottinghamshire Police said the bell was taken from the Chinese Bell Tower, in the city's Arboretum. The force said Nottingham City ...

A historic bell that formed part of a poignant war memorial in a Nottingham park has been stolen. Nottingham City Council ...

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Leading scientist Rao Yi argues that the significance of the tech’s challenge to US dominance lies in ‘how surprising it was ...

Rao also alluded to China’s defeat at the hands of the British in the first opium war in 1842, which ended China’s self-perceived leadership of the world and exposed how it had fallen behind ...