PROUDFOOT, W.J.: Notes from Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie, LL.D, embracing his account of travels in China as a member of Macartney's Embassy, Edward Howell, Liverpool, 1886.
WALEY, A.: The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes, Allen and Unwin, London, 1958.
WONG, J.Y.: Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
WOODWARD, N.H.: Teas of the World, Collier Macmillan, London, 1980.
This paper was presented at the "International Conference on Lin Zexu, the Opium War and Hong Kong,” held at the Hong Kong Museum of History in December 1998.
Among his many other accomplishments, Dr. S. M. Bard, OBE, ED, is also a historian.
His published works include the following: In Search of the Past: A Guide to the Antiquities of Hong Kong (Urban Council Hong Kong 1988); Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841-1899 (Urban Council Hong Kong 1993); and Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley (Antiquities and Monuments Office, Hong Kong: Occasional Paper No. 4, 1997).
Some scholars prefer to divide the Wars into the Opium War, 1839-1842, and the Arrow War, 1856-1860.
* A Dutchman, Dr Cornelius Decker, advocated 40-50 cups a day.
Portuguese Princess Catherine is credited with introducing tea to Britain when she married King Charles II.
A story is told of German Radio, during the 2nd World War, which announced that due to shortage of tea in Britain, the British were ready to sue for peace, not having access to their 5-o'clock tea. It only served to amuse the British, for the Germans got the time wrong!
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PROUDFOOT, W.J.: Notes from Biographical Memoir of James
Dinwiddie, LL.D, embracing his account of travels in China as a member of Macartney's Embassy, Edward Howell, Liverpool, 1886.
WALEY, A.
The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes, Allen and Unwin, London, 1958.
WONG, J.Y.:
Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
WOODWARD, N.H.: Teas of the World, Collier Macmillan, London,
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1980.
This paper was presented at the "International Conference on Lin Zexu, the Opium War and Hong Kong,” held at the Hong Kong Museum of History in December 1998.
Among his many other accomplishments, Dr. S. M. Bard, OBE. ED, is also a
historian.
His published works include the following: In Search of the Past: A Guide to the Antiquities of Hong Kong (Urban Council Hong Kong 1988); Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841-1899 (Urban Council Hong Kong 1993;) and Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley (Antiquities and Monuments Office, Hong Kong: Occasional Paper No. 4, 1997).
2 Some scholars prefer to divide the Wars into the Opium War, 1839-1842, and
the Arrow War. 1856-1860.
* A Dutchman, Dr Cornelius Decker, advocated 40-50 cups a day.
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Portuguese Princess Catherine is credited with introducing tea to Britain when she married King Charles II.
A story is told of German Radio, during the 2nd World War, which announced that due to shortage of tea in Britain, the British were ready to sue for peace, not having access to their 5-o'clock tea. It only served to amuse the British, for the Germans got the time wrong!
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