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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age Poetry_Gift_Guide You’ll have time to relaxAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the countrys last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the countrys modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that todays China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on