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a significant colonial enterprise that not only produced raw opium but also played a key role in British colonial policy. The book chronicles the factory’s evolution from its establishment under ...

The China Yearbook, available in both Chinese and English, emerged as one of the highlights at the London Book Fair held from March 11 to 13. As a definitive chronicle of China's development ...

Opium prices in Afghanistan have surged, rising tenfold since the country's de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022, according to the latest data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...

Whether you are new to philosophy or already interested in deep ideas, these ten books offer valuable wisdom and are worth adding to your bookshelf. Written as a series of personal reflections, ...

Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following their takeover in Kabul, latest UN data shows. One kilogramme of opium cost ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Ai Weiwei has built a career on defiance. Whether smashing ancient artifacts or filling museum floors with handcrafted porcelain sunflower seeds, his work is a challenge to authority, a refusal to ...

CHANGLANG, 10 Mar: In a major crackdown on illicit opium cultivation along the Indo-Myanmar border, a joint team comprising members of the district administration, the Arunachal Pradesh Police, the ...

"If anyone were in my shoes, they would likely do the same." - Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished ...