The ensuing decade-long war between the Soviets and the U.S ... None of these rival the cash value of opium, and one potato farmer I meet at the market tells me that he works an evening job ...

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

One product that the British could access in ... Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted military defeats on ...

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

Thousands of young people are dying from using drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar. When the government is not doing enough to crack down drugs problem, the civilians formed the anti-drugs organization ...

PRESENTER:''This one-way trade was unsustainable ... As a result of losing the Opium War, China was forced to sign what the Chinese call the 'unequal treaties,' and give ports to Britain 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 ...

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.