China and its trade practices are often blamed for U.S. economic woes. But once upon a time, it was the tea trade with China that created American magnates — with some catastrophic consequences.

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

White glaze tea sets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo/people.cn] Chinese tea art was born in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), matured in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and flourished in the Ming ...

China is the hometown of tea. As a result, Chinese tea sets have been renowned for exquisite craft and beautiful design throughout history. However, the most famous and delicate tea sets were ...

This is why serving tea gradually became an essential part of Chinese social life. In modern China, even the simplest dwelling has a tea set and a water heater for making a hot cup of tea.

All the tea in the world came from China, and Britain couldn't control the quality or the price. So around 1850, a group of British businessmen set out to create a tea industry in a place they did ...

The journey of a China tea set from 1930s Boston to County Clare The soul-warming strange yarn ye are about to read here is totally different to all the generally chilling tide of stories ...

JOIN THE CHINA TEA SET. Guy Dennis discovers plenty of surprises in Hong Kongfinds ... Hong Kong was handed over to the Chinese in 1997, although it still has a degree of self- government.

The most prized item at Glassbelly, a new tea-focused restaurant in Hong Kong, is the Niu Lan Keng Rougui, a rare variety of tea from a valley in China’s Wuyi Mountains. The cost? $3,437 for ...

In China, virtually every dwelling even down to the simplest mud hut has a set of tea implements for brewing a hot pot of tea. These implements are symbols of welcome for visitors and neighbors.