Duan Xin-an eldest son of Prominent opium warlord Olive Yang also known as Yang Kyin Hsiu sent a letter of condolences on the day Peng Jiasheng died.

Kokang under Olive Yang is a playable civilization thanks to Sid Meier's Civilization VII, complete with musical accompaniment from Wah Wah Win Shwe steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…

lol oh no.... reddit.com/r/PoliticalCom…

Pre-order copies on Amazon for your Valentine in February 2023! amazon.com/Opium-Queen-Un…

Who else is planning on reading @theopiumqueen?

thanks Andrea Pitzer for reading!

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Olive Yang's funeral (07/24/2017), please enjoy one of the last photos of Uncle Olive in a suit.

I tried to write the deadpan delighted and humbled tweet but I am too excited. We put so much work and thought into this project - it means a lot have that recognised. Huge thanks to Journal of International Economic Law for the support, UNSW Law & Justice colleagues for comments and, of course, to @emma_aisbett

A really important new report by Laura Murphy on the XPCC's role in #UyghurGenocide

For more stories of people who wore men's clothes to do things they weren't allowed to like Olive Yang, check out Tracy Dawson's awesome book Let's Be Frank...

Russian diplomacy in the Cold War was also aimed at military assistance; back then it was intended to help Burma expel the anti-communist KMT in Shan state. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

Interesting to hear the White Terror of martial law-era Taiwan under Chiang Kai-shek's ROC regime described as "the Chinese version of Western democracy"

Collateral damage of the pandemic: the closure of archives essentially suspended historical research --it delayed my book by 13 months. Begs the question what academic scholarship was lost forever to the world as a result. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

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