From the 17th to the 19th centuries, tea was inextricably linked to the fate of the four major countries: China, Britain, the United States, and India. The wars caused by tea, including the Sino-British Opium War, the First British War of Invasion of Tibet, and the American War of Independence, changed world history and affected the shaping of the global economic landscape.
"Why did the United Kingdom and the United States become rich and powerful because of tea, but the late Qing Dynasty declined because of tea?" Zhou Chonglin and Tai Junlin, well-known tea culture researchers, started from this question and combed and referenced hundreds of documents. They used detailed historical materials, objective records, and popular writing to restore the true history and reveal the profound reasons behind it layer by layer. It not only focuses on issues such as the Sino-British trade war, Sino-US relations, the right to speak about tea, and the frontiers of tea culture, but also panoramically displays the changes in the world's political and economic landscape, places tea in a macro historical context, interprets the politics, economy, and society of the late Qing Dynasty, and provides a deep insight into the entanglement between the tea movement and the national destiny.
"Tea War" was first published in 2012 and was widely praised by readers. It sold 400,000 copies in 10 years. This hardcover commemorative edition has been completely revised and contains tens of thousands of new words.
