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

China announced tariffs on some U.S. energy and machinery exports in response to President Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese ...

China is prepared to negotiate with the Trump administration on how it can make more investments in the US after the president’s decision to impose 10% tariffs on the country — and ...

Chinese actress Zhao Lusi’s fans were moved to tears after watching a video of her relearning to walk as she undergoes rehabilitation for dissociative disorder. A vlog documenting Zhao’s first month ...

Ghaziabad: As part of its ‘Clean Campaign', police have disposed of 2,232.3kg (2 tonnes) of narcotics seized in 240 cases registered across the district. The narcotics — among them hashish (25 ...

One of the most-anticipated Chinese New Year films, Four Seas will release on 1 February. Directed by Han Han, the movie stars Liu Haoran, Zhang Youhao, Qiao Shan, Liu Haocun, Yin Zheng, Shen Teng and ...

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 ...

“Next year’s tour, I want to assure fans, will be one big celebration ... doomed Romantics, mad Bohemians and opium-eaters,” she wrote in her 1994 book, “Faithfull: An Autobiography.” The fast lane ...

Taiwan accused Chinese-owned cargo ships of deliberately damaging undersea telecom cables in the waters surrounding the island, Taipei cracked down on spies and PRC ID-holders, and Donald Trump ...

Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News. An old leather-covered ...

BBC reported that due to the presence of opiate traces in poppy seeds and the potential to use the seeds to grow opium poppies, they are banned as a food ingredient in China. SCMP report explained ...