From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium lured many toward illicit ...

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan’s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...

PRESENTER:'The key to the opium trade was British control of India, 'where the opium was grown. PRESENTER:'The East India Company bought raw cotton from India 'and then sold it back to them as ...

A Google Maps view of the current intersection ... People from all walks of life and cultures saw profit in the illicit trade, and from 1878 to 1888, opium production in Canada destined for ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...

Britain won the clash in 1842, with success going beyond opium as China was forced to give up the region of Hong Kong, open five ports to world trade, and limit its customs tariffs to 5 per cent.