ZHENG YANGWEN:And China wasn't buying a lot from Britain ... opium addiction became visible socially.' Which means opium dens on the street, people dying off, dozing off on the street, it's ...

Kowloon Walled City was once the most densely populated place on Earth, with 35,000 residents crammed into just 26,000 square ...

Kowloon Walled City was a lawless crime-ridden den rife that became the epicentre of opioid production in the heart of ...

This incredible city, established in 1898, grew to become home to 35,000 people as more storeys were added to buildings in ...

It was widely used in China, India and northern parts of South ... traded along the Silk Road from eastern Asia to Europe. Opium dens became popular venues where it was bought, distributed and ...

Check out the Wikipedia entry on ‘Black & Tan Clubs’, and you’ll find that Wikipedia, which is often wrong but never in doubt ...

With the twinkly lights, lanterns, decorative Chinese gates and sculptures ... Chinatown is also good for speakeasy-style drinking dens like Opium and Experimental Cocktail Club, both on ...

(Photo: CNA/Dillon Tan) From the balcony, where he starts each morning by brewing Chinese tea, he can birdwatch ... and picked old-school furniture because these places used to be opium dens”. Animals ...

In 1839, Lin was the Qing dynasty official who confronted the British and their illegal opium trade that pushed the substance on Chinese users; he confiscated 20,000 chests of the drug and cast ...