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mullingitoverlast Wednesday at 5:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

and their proprietary tea strains

and forcing them to allow opium to be sold in their country

and forcing them to give up major port cities and open up trade against their wishes

Honestly whenever China gets around to getting its served-extremely-cold revenge for all the savagery committed against it in the 19th and 20th centuries, some chips are going to be the least of everyone's problems.


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codedokodelast Wednesday at 5:51 PM

Also, porcelain, paper and gunpowder. And maybe (don't remember exactly), magnetic compass.

hinkleylast Wednesday at 7:19 PM

I think that was the British? We are just getting over hating them ourselves.

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