https://www.scmp.com/rss/513455/feed Rupert Stone is a freelance journalist working on drugs, security and geopolitics in Asia. Educated at the University of Oxford and University of London, he has written for various publications and has also contributed analysis to the UN and Royal Society for Asian Affairs along with think tanks such as the Brookings Institution and Lowy Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Rupert Stone Rupert Stone Much has been written about China’s alleged role in the US opioid crisis. Chemicals from Chinese suppliers have supposedly been used by Mexican cartels to produce fentanyl, which is then trafficked into the United States where it has fuelled a deadly overdose crisis. Successive US administrations have pressured Beijing to crack down on its chemical industry. China has taken repeated steps to regulate precursors, including most recently last month when it restricted 13 new chemicals at US... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335067/americas-opioid-crisis-wont-be-solved-without-indias-help?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335067/americas-opioid-crisis-wont-be-solved-without-indias-help?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Beijing responded furiously to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan with a raft of measures, including a decision to stop cooperating with Washington on illicit drug control. The US has long tried to work with China in this area because of its alleged role in the production of fentanyl, the highly potent synthetic opioid that has been driving fatal drug overdoses in the US to new records. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued a statement blasting... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3190133/why-solution-us-opioid-epidemic-wont-come-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3190133/why-solution-us-opioid-epidemic-wont-come-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:30:20 +0000