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The opium of the people or opium of the masses (German: Opium des Volkes) is a dictum used in reference to religion, derived from a frequently paraphrased partial statement of German revolutionary and critic of political economy Karl Marx: "Religion is the opium of the people." In context, the statement is part of Marx's analysis that religion ...
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These traders smuggled the opium out of the Yan'an Soviet into areas such as southwestern Shanxi, southern Shaanxi, and eastern Gansu. [5] The opium was concealed in items such as salt, liquor bottles, and saddles, and was transported either under the escort of local Communist military forces or by the merchants themselves.
The Chinese Opium Wars. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09-122730-2. Fay, Peter Ward (1975). The Opium War, 1840–1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates Ajar. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1243-3. Gelber, H. (2004).
[2] [3] The name "Golden Triangle" was coined by Marshall Green, a U.S. State Department official, in 1971 in a press conference on the opium trade. [1] [4] [5] Today, the Thai side of the river confluence, Sop Ruak, has become a tourist attraction, with the House of Opium Museum, a Hall of Opium, a Golden Triangle Park, and no opium ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Opium Wars (1839–1842; 1856–1860). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
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