Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism and its “reawakening

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The Art of Opium Antiques explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignored—the art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth-century China and in Chinese communities abroad

Laos and Cambodia

Short History of Laos, A: The Land in Between Buddhism and its “reawakeningLaos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the regions crossroads. This small land in between is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar (Burma)countries which, in pre modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often, Laos has been a bridge between these powerful neighbours and an arena in which they and their allies have interfered. Here, Grant Evans brings