![]() We tend to only focus on the ‘opium’ side of the equation forgetting that it was the desire to acquire large quantities of tea that brought the British and other Western nations to the shores of China in the first place. Tea was also pivotal in the ‘opening’ of China to the modern world through the first Opium War (Sigmond, in Tea its effects, medicinal and moral, 1839–1842). ![]() It was a luxury product, along with porcelain and silk, that defined Chinese civilisation and was eagerly sought after by all peoples who acquired a taste for its stimulating brew. Text": "Neoh's dead! But the revolution happened anyway.Tea has played a prominent role in Chinese history and in China’s relations with foreign cultures near and far. That's what I call efficient management!","Dialog.HungerStrike.3.Button": "Let's send three activists to the Bioreactor and make the rest watch! Perhaps their attitude will change?","": "Hunger Strike","": "There's a hunger strike going on! The petulant creatures demand you let them mourn the dead!","Dialog.SiamTwins.1.Text": "Oh, they give birth to twins now! Cool!\nWe produce twice as many people now.\nBut it takes 1.5 times longer.\n","Dialog.SiamTwins.1.Button": "18.14 C'","Dialog.SiamTwins.2.Text": "Curses! They keep giving birth to conjoined twins now! And the dial is broken, we can't even change it back!","Dialog.SiamTwins.2.Button": "18.15 C'" HungerStrike.2.Text": "Humans will not work until the next feeding cycle.","Dialog.HungerStrike.2.Button": "Let them mourn.","Dialog.HungerStrike.3.Text": "Huh, it worked! Who could have thought ruthless murder was so efficient? Moreover, humans even go slightly faster now whenever someone does. He was all bones, no food or energy.","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.2.Button": "\"How about five minutes in the Bioreactor instead?\"","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.Text": "A strange dude with a tattoo of a spider across his bald head almost managed to crawl into the Breeding Tube we grabbed him at the very last moment.","": "S.J.","": "Stranger:\n\"Insane But How about an even better story? 'Insane Journalist Finds His End in a Bioreactor.' Shame you won't read it!\"","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.1.Text": "\"The pinnacle of life in this planet: a journalist! So stop getting in my way and let me do my job!","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.1.Button": "\"Who are you? What the hell do you want?!\"","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.2.Text": "Bleh. 1.2.Text": "Like anyone would read that.\nHe was all bones, no food or energy.","Dialog.Transmetropolitan.1.1.2.Button": "\"Suuure. Metal indeed!","": "Spy","": "What if puny humans are planning a daring escape? And we know nothing!","Dialog.Spy2IvanDeath.1.Button": "Turn the Breeding Tube off for a day.","Dialog.Spy2IvanDeath.2.Button": "Send % slower.","Dialog.IhateThisGame.1.1.2.Button": "Exit the game. If you want information, keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't die.","Dialog.Spy1.2.Button": "Let's construct a cyborg! I love cyborgs. If you want information, keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't die.","Dialog.Spy1.1.Button": "We need to drop a spy among the puny humans! Let's use Jon, he's kinda obedient.","Dialog.Spy1.2.Text": "Our spy has infiltrated the puny humans. ![]() !!!","Dialog.Spy1.1.Text": "Our spy has infiltrated the puny humans.
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