Pirates, smugglers, opium, silk. Silver bullion and trade deficits. All these are part of the story about how tea-drinking reached Europe and became part of the British lifestyle.
Neat article!
Re the Opium War: HSBC was among the banks laundering money for the illegal opium sales.
I like the Chinese-made movie from the late 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWzeZ5sNxmk
(Not great quality, but serviceable video; at least it has English subtitles. The other copy has Chinese titles!)
Neat article!
Re the Opium War: HSBC was among the banks laundering money for the illegal opium sales.
I like the Chinese-made movie from the late 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWzeZ5sNxmk
(Not great quality, but serviceable video; at least it has English subtitles. The other copy has Chinese titles!)