T o get our heads around the staggering reality that the United States is now openly attempting to destroy the European Union ...

Where there's smoke: a 19th-century engraving of opium addicts - Archive Collection / Alamy Stock Photo There are rumours that swirl in the writing world: all the publishing houses of the UK now have ...

Key point: London instigated a war of aggression against China in order to force an unequal treaty on China. London started a trend after other major imperial powers saw their success they soon ...

HONG KONG — In 1840, Britain went to war with China over questions of trade, diplomacy, national dignity and, most importantly, drug trafficking. While British officials tried to play down the illicit ...

In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug trafficking racket and confiscated its dope. Once again, the Royal Navy demolished its ...

Bestseller Ghosh (The Great Derangement) offers up a scintillating and kaleidoscopic vision of opium’s role in the past several centuries of global history. Centered mainly on events leading to the ...