The other adjacent bar to open in the next two weeks is Red Light District , and is themed as a hidden Chinese opium den, with access through a drycleaners shop called Charlie Winston's of Chelsea.

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And one of the main pillars of national finances was profits from the sale of opium. Ten terms to better understand Manchuria State-building bonds for Manchukuo Opium is a form of narcotic.

Poon Wung, a jolly man, "sleek and fat," was the owner of the laundromat, a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the ...

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in ...

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in opium prices and the ‘massive profits’ from it are being reaped by criminal gangs, United Nations' drugs watchdog has flagged. But why are opium prices in ...

One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their colonial control. The British response to address the trade imbalance was to flood the ...

Gaya: The Gaya district administration is going to leverage modern technology to check opium cultivation. District magistrate Thiyagarajan SM on Monday issued orders for a GPS (Global Positioning ...

One of the continuing themes of Smoke and Ashes is that of plants as independent actors that have control over us. Both opium and tea have the ability to change the way humans behave. Opium, in ...

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You will not forget the novel's main character, opium trader Dirk Struan. Buy it here. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly ...