We begin our series on The Golden Triangle by examining the forested hills that Western academics have dubbed Zomia. We brace ourselves for the tsunami of the Kuomintang invasion and take a walk through the blooming poppy fields.

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All the songs we use are in this playlist:

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Books:

Land of Jade - Bertil Lindtner

Burma in Revolt - Bertil Lindtner

The Politics of Heroin - Alfred McCoy

War On Drugs - Studies In The Failure Of US Narcotics Policy - Alfred McCoy

Thailand Drugs, the U.S and Khun Sa - Francis W. Belanger

The Opium Queen - Gabrielle Paluch

The Rise and Fall of The Communist Party Burma - Bertil Lindtner