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China: Jardine Silk Factory, Shanghai, c. 1910. The European manager and his wife pose for a photograph among the rows of silk reeling machines International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential at the Yangtze River. During the First Opium War (1839 1842), British forces temporarily held the city. The war ended with the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, opening Shanghai and other ports to international trade. In 1863, the British settlement, located to the south of Suzhou creek (Huangpu district), and the American settlement, to the north of Suzhou creek (Hongkou district), joined in order to form the International Settlement.<br ><br > The French opted out of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and ma Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
China: Opium smokers, Hong Kong, c. 1910 Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the sleep-bringing poppy , referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
