A fascinating re-examination of the causes and consequences of the Opium War As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning … Continue reading Quick Review: IMPERIAL TWILIGHT by Stephen R. Platt (Knopf/Atlantic Books)