Further hostilities broke out in the Second Opium War of 1856-58 when combined British and French forces again inflicted ...

3. The Opium Wars: Devastation in China The British-Chinese Opium Wars (1839–1860) were driven by Britain’s trade of opium in exchange for Chinese tea and silk, generating enormous profits.

Rubio remarked, referencing the Opium Wars that confronted China and British opium merchants, as quoted by RFA. The Opium Wars that occurred between 1839 and 1842 and 1856 and 1860 saw China ...

Opium was grown in British India, and smuggled into China. The Chinese resisted the opium trade. This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China. The Chinese army and ...

Simply severing the supply chain is not sufficient, the challenge is also to curb the demand for the drug. Read more at ...

resembling a 'reverse' scenario of the Opium Wars in the mid-1800s that weakened China's global position, according to a report from Radio Free Asia (RFA). The Tribune, now published from ...