opium trade

It's like we're back in Victorian England trying to keep the opium trade doors open agaist China's will again.

He said Washington and Tehran share strategic interests in combating Afghanistan's spiraling opium trade and the resurgence of the Taliban.

The British government, urged by the interest groups connected with the opium trade, decided to wage war on China.

However, since the start of the U. S. led invasion, the poppy fields are growing again and the opium trade is flourishing as never before.

It was opened by Victor Sassoon, a real estate tycoon whose family came to Shanghai on the wave of the opium trade.

Indeed, some missionaries went so far as to participate in opium trade, loot land property and perpetrate serious misconduct.

However, HSBC also financed the illegal opium trade and inevitably got involved in the problems of sovereignty and interests.

They really do use profits from the opium trade to finance terrorist attacks on civilian and military targets.

It doesn't help that Karzai's brother is widely reputed to be involved in the opium trade.

Finally, we had extraterritoriality and used this legal advantage in order to be extremely active in the opium trade.

Plain questions and Straightforward Answers about the Opium Trade.

Mr. De Montfried had left the slave trade and gone into the opium trade.

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How hard should it try to suppress the opium trade?

As a result, they allowed the opium trade to flourish and Beijing to face devastating trade deficits that drained its wealth.

The opium trade itself wouldn't have existed without Chinese partners.

U. S. officials believe the country's opium trade helps to fund militant groups, such as the Taliban.

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