The British forces inflicted a series of military defeats on the Chinese until 1842, when the war was ended with the Treaty ...

In 1839, in response to the addiction crisis, the Chinese emperor sent an official, Lin Tse-hsu, to Canton (modern-day Guangzhou), the home base for British opium merchants, to stem the flow of ...

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

United States President Donald Trump recently threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on goods coming from China in response the illegal import into the U.S. of the opioid fentanyl.

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

PRESENTER:'And soon the ravages of the drug 'became apparent in the streets of China, with millions of addicts. PROF. ZHENG YANGWEN:'By the 1820s, opium addiction became visible socially.' ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

United States President Donald Trump recently threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on goods coming from China in response the illegal import into the U.S. of the opioid fentanyl.

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

They forced Indian farmers to switch from growing food crops to producing opium which was smuggled into China. Thus they spread hunger in India and debilitating drug addiction in China.