To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilization defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium—a drug that turned
Do the portrayals of objects in literary texts represent historical evidence about the material culture of the past? Or are things in books more than things in
China was turned into a nation of opium addicts by the pernicious forces of imperialist trade. This study systematically questions this assertion on the basis o
Chinese culture plays a major role in the formation of China's policies regarding its exportation of illicit drugs and precursor chemicals. China is a major pro