History of opium in China
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The history of opium in China began with the use of opium for medicinal purposes during the Tang dynasty in the 7th century. In the 17th century the practice of mixing opium with tobacco for smoking s
Storage of opium at a British East India Company warehouse in India
Opium smokers c1880 by Lai Afong.
Chinese opium smokers c. 1858
Opium smokers in an illegal den, Beijing (1932)
Jardine, Matheson & Co., later Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., forerunner of today's Jardines, was a Far Eastern company founded in 1832 by Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partner
William Jardine and James Matheson
The East Point offices and godowns of Jardine's, newly built in 1844.
1846 view of Jardine's original building from Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Bronze plaque on the Jardine Gate, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong.