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Mongolian Monarch, General Ma Fuxiang (or Ma Fu Hsiang) celebrates birthday with his private army in Sui Yuan, Mongolia.
Annual opium profits of $15,000,000 in Sui Yuan, Mongolia. Mongolian Monarch and ruler of opium-rich area, General Ma Fuxiang, seated with his family. The multi-millionaire opium king celebrates birthday with his private army maintained to guard a large territory. Mongolian people in an opium field. The poppy seed of the opium flower. A man inspects a poppy flower. A massive wooden water wheel pulling water from a canal and transporting it to a high ramp which runs down to irrigate large poppy fields. Location: Sui Yuan China. Date: September 11, 1930.
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