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Vor 4 Tagen · 8:49 a.m. Expand. Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh is best known for his fictional depiction of the 19th century opium trade, the Ibis trilogy. His latest work of nonfiction, Smoke and Ashes, picks up the topic by examining the worldwide impact of opium trafficking, but encompasses several other themes. Ghosh reflects on his family history and ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In Golden Kamuy’s post credits scene, Noppera-Bo is seen uttering Asirpa’s name. At no point in the film has Asirpa come across Noppera-Bo, or vice versa. She said that her father, Aca, was killed when Noppera-Bo stole the gold from the Ainu tribe. It’s possible that Asirpa is one of the only people that Noppera-Bo didn’t kill.
Vor 3 Tagen · First Opium War. The First Opium War ( Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng ), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the ...
Vor einem Tag · The Chinese opium wars of the mid-19th century were a series of conflicts between China and Great Britain which had a far-reaching effect on the international trade scene. The conflict emerged as a result of the trade of opium, a type of psychoactive drug derived from the opium poppy plant which was processed and sold in China by merchants from Great Britain. Despite being outlawed in China ...
Vor 20 Stunden · Tsurumi reveals he wishes to fund the entire seventh unit with Ainu gold and take over Hokkaido to start opium trade. Using the high profits gained from the trade, he is willing to aid the families who have lost their close ones in war and then take over the entire nation, as Tsurumi is too disenchanted by the callousness of the state in taking care of its soldiers. As a fellow victim of the ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Myanmar’s opium production, along with heroin exports, have skyrocketed since the 2021 coup, as economic and social turmoil leaves many farmers with few alternatives. The military regime, along with drug traffickers, often compel farmers to cultivate opium. This means that record-high profits from poppy seed farming are doing little to improve the livelihoods for most in the country. The ...
Vor 3 Tagen · The three central opium-producing countries (Afghanistan, Mexico and Myanmar) are estimated to have been responsible for roughly 96 per cent of the estimated global total opium production in 2018, with Afghanistan alone accounting for 82 per cent of that total. The global decline in opium production in 2018 was mainly the result of a poor opium ...
