The Opium Wars weren’t just about drugs they were about power, profit, and empire. This video series breaks down how ...

China fought two Opium Wars with Europe in the 1800s while suffering a crisis of opium addiction. Is it now seeking revenge by flooding the U.S. with synthetic opioids today?

Even though, in China, the addiction problem continued until the 1950s, when, finally, the Communist Party did crack down on it. I don't think any country will be able to reproduce that today.

European merchants had been trading in China for decades when addiction ballooned in the 1820s, fueled largely by the British East India Company’s importation of opium from India.

The shipments caused clashes known as the Opium Wars and fueled addiction across China. The Cabots, Cushings, Welds, Delanos (Franklin Delano Roosevelt's ancestors) and Forbes were among Boston ...

Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, until 14 January 2024; Exhibitions Harvard Art Museums Opioid Crisis. Share.

China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ with opium figures into the US fentanyl crisis by David Luckey and Scott Savitz, opinion contributors - 08/07/24 10:00 AM ET ...

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 ...

In 'Smoke and Ashes,' Amitav Ghosh draws comparisons between America's modern opioid crisis and the West's flooding of China with opium in the 18th century.