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

China has implemented strict regulations regarding video gaming by minors below 18, which will be limited to three hours a week to combat what authorities have described as the “spiritual opium”.

Illegal fentanyl supplies are largely produced in China and Mexico and then smuggled into the United States. Opioids, a class of drugs derived from the opium poppy plant, can be divided into two ...

From 2011 to 2024, China's defense budget surged by 76%. In 2023 alone, military spending hit 1.55 trillion yuan (roughly ...

During the Prohibition era (1920-33), when alcohol was banned in the United States, the American Mafia, along with other ...

And Beijing has already shown signs of preparations for a potential war. China is building at least five of the giant troop-carrying barges, according to satellite imagery and military sources.

Pharma giant AstraZeneca announced plans to acquire FibroGen, Inc.’s China subsidiary for approximately $160 million. Expected to close mid-2025, the deal provides that FibroGen will receive an ...

More imagery has appeared of China’s new ‘invasion barge,’ which involves a temporary pier that can be connected to other vessels via a barge, or series of barges, with jack-up supports.

Hence, in the case of opium, many argue that a crackdown on the demand side would be more effective than one on the supply side alone. A Paradoxical Problem: A Win in the Drug War, a Punishment ...