From Dien Bien Phu to Fentanyl: How China’s State-Linked Narco Networks Engineered a Reverse Opium War

“You can't separate commerce, trade, and banking from drugs, crime, and terrorism. Because ultimately, it all comes down to money.” — Don Im, DEA and U.S. military intel veteran

WASHINGTON — As a young DEA agent in 1990s Manhattan, Don Im stood at the fault line of a drug war few understood. Washington’s attention was fixed on Latin America—on Pablo Escobar, on Cali, on coca…