# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP_rxBIj4tJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35853989-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bf59793c2a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-19T15:01:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

During Britain’s early love affair with tea, a Scottish botanist named Robert Fortune emerged as a key figure. He was instrumental in what is now called agricultural espionage.⁣
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Fortune went into China disguised as a local and stole about 20,000 saplings of tea, which were cultivated in Darjeeling in northeastern India. But then, Britain's grand quest to import tea from China took an ironic twist.⁣
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 #tea #tracesofchina #cgtneurope #espionage #culturalexchange

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- **Views:** 446
- **Likes:** 38
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## Tags

tracesofchina, cgtneurope, tea, culturalexchange, espionage

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