Étiquette : prohibition

[FOCUS] Opium, a Chinese curse (part 1)

Publié le par Le Visiteur

Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well in theses difficult times of Covid-19, stay home and stay safe! Today’s post is a focus (as the title implied) on opium. We have all have in mind stereotypical images of Chinese people, lying down in cloudy opium dens, opium pipe in hand, looking dazed […]

Catégorie :Focus
Étiquetéban, china, lin zexu, opium, opium war, prohibition, qing, state-controlled
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[FOCUS] Opium, a Chinese curse (part 2)

Publié le par Le Visiteur

Dear readers, fellow gamers, We are coming back to the second part of our focus on opium, finally talking about the timeframe we are all interested in (thanks to RoWS): the 1920-1930s! We apologise for the small number of pictures. They are incredibly hard to find! Cultivating opium Where and how? Chinese peasants traditionally grow […]

Catégorie :Focus
Étiquetéopium, prohibition, regulation, suppression, tax, warlord
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