What the Opium Wars Wrought
What were the Opium Wars about? Enraged Over An Extract: Opium is a drug from poppies that can alleviate pain and reduce stress but was very prone to misuse. In the 1840, millions were already addicted in China alone. It was once called afeem or'God's Own Medicine' at the height of ...
What were the effects of the Opium Wars on China? Provoked Conflict: The first Opium War (1839-1842) developed after China destroyed tons British opium. The second Opium War (1856-1860) developed after Chinese officials illegally boarded a British ship and arrested some of the crew. ...
It was here that Lin Zexu, a famous patriot, the loyal minister of the imperial court in Qing Dynasty who fought the opium trade, lived in exile after being sacked. Lin left to us the famous poem that “I shall dedicate myself to the interests of the country in life and death, irresp...
So, what were they going to do with all these convicts?Did they just ship them out to get them out of British society, or did they have some specific purposes in mind when they brought them here?Arthur Phillip was the leader of the “First Fleet of Convicts,” a fleet of eleven ...
The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreigner uprising inQing China, which took place from November of 1899 through September of 1901. The Boxers, known in Chinese as the "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists," were ordinary villagers who reacted violently against the increasing influence of for...
Tech is the new Wall Street, full of ultra rich out of touch people who have too much power and not enough empathy. Erin Griffith nailed it in her Wired piece from a few weeks ago. Add to that context the fact that the big tech platforms, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, were used ...
This culture revolved heavily around netcafes where paying for access was part of the way of life. When the consoles (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo) were finally approved, they proved to be prohibitively expensive and gained little traction. The rise of the smartphone, however, finally provided ...
We had the secret handshake, the passwords. Then, I grew up and I found out that grown men were doing the same thing. They just had better uniforms.” Top: Three Royal Arch Masons in their regalia in a York Rite cabinet card. Above: At meetings, Masons wear aprons designating their ...
So did anyone notice there’s no mention of an Afghan opium industry whenever Washington starts talking about America’s big self inflicted Odessa controlled opioid epidemic even tho going by statistics from 4 years ago there were 224,000 hectares of opium poppies grown in American occupied Afghani...