The colonial government already had monopoly over the opium trade.

A serious attack on the opium trade would bring Chinese military intervention.

They also opposed the opium trade and brought treatment to many who were addicted.

"With the opium trade they used to get their money up front."

Over some years, the opium trade has become the key economic activity in the village.

And if you think China can develop without us, well, then the opium trade must have come back to your shores.

In particular it did not resolve the status of the opium trade.

In 1907 the magazine sent him to China to investigate the opium trade.

He arrived in March 1839 and made a huge impact on the opium trade within a matter of months.

The opium trade is now said to provide work for 7% of the Afghan population.