After the First Opium War, Britain expected total compliance from China—but when trade access and privileges fell short of expectations, frustration turned into aggression. Using a disputed ship ...

The Opium Wars began as a trade dispute but quickly turned into a brutal demonstration of imperial power. Britain flooded China with opium to reverse a massive silver drain, and when Qing officials ...

The Opium Wars of the mid-19th century were fought between the Western powers and the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from ...

In another grim signal of a widening war in northern Burma’s opium zones, last week saw an outbreak of intense fighting between government forces and ethnic rebels, prompting some 50,000 Kokang ...

Shehnab Sahin’s short story collection, ‘Colour My Grave Purple and Other Stories’, seeks to expand Assam’s narrative beyond ...