The ensuing decade-long war between the Soviets and the U.S ... the deadline was extended—giving some farmers enough time to first harvest the opium, then collect their check from ISAF.

PRESENTER:'Here in this room in Nanking, 'they negotiated the first of what the Chinese ... The Chinese resisted the opium trade. This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British ...

The result was the “First Opium War,” in which Britain won a resounding victory. As a consequence, Chinese ports were ...

In the mid-1840's, following defeat by Britain in the first Opium War, a series of natural catastrophes occurred across China resulting in famine, peasant uprisings and rebellions. Understandably ...

Their early ventures were mainly in opium trade, capitalizing on the aftermath of the First Opium War (1839-1842) and the opening of Chinese markets. The Sassoons facilitated trade between Britain ...

“The war economy went ‘addicted ... Taiwan was the first Japanese colony to see the introduction of an opium monopoly system. The state of things in Taiwan is described in “The ...

The latest UNODC survey confirms war-torn country’s status as world’s top opium producer but again fails to point blame at ...

The First Opium War, 1838-1842. videoThe First Opium War, 1838-1842 Historian Michael Wood explores the causes, events and consequences of the First Opium War. The Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.

This is the first time in his life that he doesn't fear being hit by a bomb when venturing out. But for a people already battered by a long war, the opium ban has struck a crushing blow ...

He said "we will bring opium cultivation to zero again" and that there would be no smuggling. At first, opium poppy cultivation rose substantially under Taliban rule - from around 41,000 hectares ...

Just as the aftermath of the Opium War was not limited to England and Qing China, the fentanyl war between the U.S. and China, with tariffs used as a weapon, would shake the global economic order as ...