One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their colonial control. The British response to address the trade imbalance was to flood the ...

PROF. ZHENG YANGWEN:That the Chinese were buying a little bit of opium every time, and that number was increasing. PRESENTER:'The key to the opium trade was British control of India, 'where the ...

Only the previous day, I had seen Fortune’s name in Lucy Inglis’s fascinating book Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium. I checked back and there was just this one reference to “the ...

A vase that was once rejected by experts on an early version of Antiques Roadshow has sold for ... the Summer Palace in Peking during the Second Opium War when British and French troops ransacked ...

A star of Antiques Road Trip was left "over the moon" as a huge risk paid off at auction. In a memorable episode of BBC's Antiques Road Trip from 2012, experts James Braxton and Charles Hanson ...

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow ... Among them was a woman who brought in two jade tablets and a jade seal that belonged to her great-great grandmother in California.

In a captivating episode of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, filmed at Crystal Palace Park, a diverse array of guests presented their treasured possessions to experts for appraisal. During one ...

A possible young love between Jade Thirlwall and Harry Styles went in the wrong direction, according Thirlwall. The singer-songwriter, who found fame as a member of the girl group Little Mix on ...

But none of this rich history was discovered when it made an appearance on the 1970s BBC antique series ... Palace in Peking during the Second Opium War occupied by Emperor Xianfeng.

A new Honkai: Star Rail infographic details the full range of Stellar Jades players will be able to pick up during the Version 3.1 update. Players will have plenty of opportunities to earn Stellar ...

On this week's episode of WWE Smackdown, Bianca Belair and Naomi confirmed that they had "no leads" in regards to who was responsible for attacking and taking out their friend and partner ...

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