China's Antiques of Drug Banning

It's no doubt that opium has the greatest impact on the history of modern China and the destiny of Chinese Hong Kong. Tracing back to the British invasion caused by the anti-opium campaign led by Lin Zexu in Qing Dynasty, the fortune of Chinese nation is closely bound to the opium in nearly a century. From the Qing Dynasty to ROC (The Republic of China) and PRC (The People's Republic of China), all these governments concentrated on banning opium through the ban on growing, processing, transportation, trading and smoking etc.. Under financial pressure and the aggression of western powers, a levying taxation on opium trade also once occurredThis book shows the efforts of Chinese people banning opium from the middle of the Qing dynasty with hundreds of precious cultural antiques. These antiques include the government's various drug-banning laws and announcement, various files related to opium trade, the reporting news of twice opium war and even the medal of invaders. This book shows readers the complicated history of opium banning in nearly a century by using the words and images left by our predecessors.