White Poppy Author:Margaret Gaan Among the soaring peaks and sheer cliffs of the Shansi mountains lies a valley carpeted in white poppies. An idyllic scene- but the poppies are the source of the deadly drug opium. To millions they spell Death. From Hong Kong's Fragrant Harbor to the lakes and silver birches of the Summer Palace, as the Boxers rise with Imperial support against ... more »the foreign presence, WHITE POPPY paints a portrait of China and her history impossible to forget.« less