• Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Clearly tea is the harder stuff, given that the british entered war with China several times for it

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MA
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, we gained control over the opium trade but the secrets of tea were much more closely guarded.

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      10 months ago

      Rumor has it that the British started the Opium Wars to get back at the Chinese for giving them such an addictive substance, their tea.