The British paid for their tea with silver. They bought so much tea it caused silver to be so devalued that the Chinese didn't want it anymore. So the British smuggled opium in and sold it for silver and got the Chinese addicted to it.
When the Chinese had a problem with this, the British beat them up and took some islands.
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Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 39 pts · 2y
China: gets Britain addicted to tea
Britain: gets China addicted to opium
China: **surprised pickachu face **
sinokon@feddit.de · 19 pts · 2y
I see you’re on the right floor this time
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
lol did ya come to check if I put it in the right place :D
sinokon@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
I stopped first in the lower floors checking out the fancy talk meme :D was wondering what tea post and few memes higher found it
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 29 pts · 2y
The British paid for their tea with silver. They bought so much tea it caused silver to be so devalued that the Chinese didn't want it anymore. So the British smuggled opium in and sold it for silver and got the Chinese addicted to it.
When the Chinese had a problem with this, the British beat them up and took some islands.
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Japan likes tea way more than this meme lets on
PugJesus@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
NOICE
perviouslyiner@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
As eloquently narrated by the professor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA
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IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y