How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.

Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by Neonlicht on Friday November 01, 2024 @04:42PM (#42021346)

Famously the West stole tea and silk cultivation secrets from the Chinese and I'm pretty sure they never paid any royalties...

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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by WillPostForFood on Friday November 01, 2024 @06:46PM (#42022310)

What's the royalty on tea cultivation?

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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by mywittyname on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:10PM (#42021595)

They also fought the Opium Wars over tea (well, trade imbalances resulting from the tea trade).

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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by ywvcbk on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:10PM (#42027660)

To be fair it’s not like the Chinese were unwilling to buy western goods (not just opium) it’s just that the ultra mercantilist Qing government didn’t allow them to..

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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S. by ywvcbk on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:09PM (#42027643)

Well… by Western standards the patent on silk (tea is probably no even applicable) would have expired a couple of thousand year prior to the 1800s. Nobody is arguing in favor of perpetual patents..

Edit: the Romans first “stole” silk in the 500s, but still

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