r/ChineseHistory • u/FreeAbortionfromDad • 5d ago
TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/Duplicates
todayilearned • u/Downtown_Ebb9600 • 5d ago
TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
China • u/Downtown_Ebb9600 • 4d ago
历史 | History TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
todayilearned • u/Matbo2210 • Aug 06 '21
TIL that in 1848, the British conducted a covert operation to steal tea from China.
HistoryAnecdotes • u/FreeAbortionfromDad • 5d ago
TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
RedditDayOf • u/millamber • Oct 27 '19
Botanical Larceny For All the Tea in China. How Robert Fortune stole tea from China and kickstarted an empire
todayilearned • u/rarra93 • Nov 20 '17
TIL that tea was brought to India in 1848 by the British to spite China and break their monopoly. Til then, tea planting and cultivation was a guarded Chinese state secret. Robert Fortune, sent by the EIC, stole tea plants and brought back farmers that could plant and process tea in India.
BritishEmpire • u/FreeAbortionfromDad • 5d ago
Article TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
Colonialism • u/FreeAbortionfromDad • 5d ago
Article TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
Dravidiology • u/AleksiB1 • 5d ago
History /𑀯𑀭𑀮𑀸𑀵𑁆𑀭𑀼 British stole tea from China through Robert Fortunen in 1848 who wore local Chinese attire, posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent and stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India, along with the local wild tea varients
SubSaharanIDiaspora • u/Any_Pineapple4221 • 5d ago
Colonialist Dreck TIL that British stole tea from China through Robert Fortune who shaved his head, wore local Chinese clothing (including a pigtail), and posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent. And stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India
IndoAryan • u/AleksiB1 • 5d ago
History British stole tea from China through Robert Fortunen in 1848 who wore local Chinese attire, posed as a wealthy official from a distant province to hide his accent and stole 20,000 seeds to break China’s monopoly on tea by growing it in then British India, along with the local wild tea varients
u_UserNamesCantBeTooLo • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Aug 08 '21