In ancient China, Daoist philosophers developed the concepts of qi(energy), Wu Xing(five elements), and yin(feminine, dark, negative) and yang(masculine, bright, positive) opposite forces between 200 and 600 BCE. Base...
Paul French,the author of New York Times bestseller Midnight in Peking and Old Shanghai gangland epic City of Devils,is back with a new podcast,Carry on Kidnapping.Here's a brief synopsis:"We're heading back to 1932,t...
Objective:To compare the effect of ketamine,lidocaine,acetaminophen,and dexmedetomidine combined with morphine patient-controlled analgesia for opium addicts after tibial fracture surgery.Methods:This double-blind cli...
Faulkner,an American writer,and Su Tong,a Chinese writer,are both influential writers of their country.Their works have strong regional and cultural characteristics and all express the author’s southern complex.Faulk...
Lead may contaminate opium,heroin and illicit opiates and is particularly observed in Iran.Lead,a natural heavy metal is able to interfere with several organ functions after ingestion or inhalation.Lead poisoning mani...
This article examines the discourse of two American couples in the China trade regarding fidelity and sacrifice during the period in which the spatial confines of the Canton system gave way to the intensified interact...
In modern times Japan,second to Britain,was the most vicious invader-dealer of opium and opiates in China.First established in Taiwan,and then copied in China's Mainland,Korea,Southeast Asia etc.,“Opium Monopoly”was...
The recent paper by I. Brondz (2018), “One-Step Procedure for Direct Purification of Pediocin-Like Bacteriocins and Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides from Complex Culture Medium on an Analytical, Semipreparative, and P...
This article analyzes China's attempts to participate in and use the negotiations about reforming the international opium control system in the interwar period. China had a contentious relationship with the internati...