来自MSN11 个月
Indian opium paid for Chinese tea. It pushed wealthy Asia into poverty
Taking account of this global context, Man-houng Lin has claimed that “the British could not find enough silver to pay for tea and silk and ended up using opium as the medium of exchange for ...
lse4 年
From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century (Spring Semester)
Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire, and the Secret Formula for the World’s Favourite ... 2011). Zheng Yangwen, The Social Life of Opium in China (Cambridge: Cambridge University ...
Daily Maverick on MSN3 天
The tea thief
It had taken Robert Fortune years of extensive planning and three months of arduous travel by boat, sedan chair and on foot ...
lse11 个月
From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century
Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire, and the Secret Formula for the World’s Favourite ... 2011). Zheng Yangwen, The Social Life of Opium in China (Cambridge: Cambridge University ...
BBC1 年
History KS3 / GCSE: The First Opium War, 1838-1842
PRESENTER:'They then bought up Indian opium and sold it to China, 'buying tea in return. PRESENTER:'And so they created a trading triangle. 'The profits were high, but so was the risk. PRESENTER ...
BBC5 年
India: Opium-addicted parrots 'wreak havoc' for farmers
told The Daily Mail that opium gives the birds instant energy - similar to the effect of tea or coffee for a human. He said that once the birds had experienced this feeling, they would quickly ...