All posts tagged "opium"
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4.9KCultureForget rubber and tin. The British actually got rich from the opium trade in Malaya.
If you grew up with Malaysian TV, chances are you’ve seen one of the many, many reruns of P Ramlee’s parody of...
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3.5KCultureThe Chinese gold miner who became Sarawak’s Rajah for a day
Say what you want about the White Rajah James Brooke (the angmoh who ruled Sarawak from 1841-1868), but he was for sure...
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3.7KEducationMeet Dr. Wu – the Penangite who taught China how to quarantine the 1911 plague
As many of you would know, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to plague the world, and even tho Malaysia is currently doing great...