The Opium Queen - The Untold Story of the Rebel Who Ruled the Golden Triangle
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epub | 7.21 MB | English | Isbn: 1538131978 | Author: Gabrielle Paluch | Year: 2023
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Publishers Weekly calls the book "a jaw dropping study of a lesser-known yet larger-than-life figure."
Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle.
Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous, novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive's real life and identity remained a mystery to many.
To the Kokang people whom the Yang family once ruled, Olive was both folk-hero and villain. To the communists Olive's men harassed, she...
Category:Intelligence & Espionage, Southeast Asia History, Asian Politics
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