Chocolate was brought from the New World to the Old World after 1492. The Mayas and Aztecs of Central American had been cultivating it.
The Cold War was a period of 40 years which during, tension was extremely high between both nations.
Despite the opium outlaw, the British continued to bring the drug into China. This resulted in the Opium Wars which lasted from 1839-1842. The possibility of war was threatened by Lin (leader of China) during the early 1830's when he wrote a letter to Queen Victoria. However, Britain did not see this as a threat and ended up easily defeating the Chinese due to their strong naval forces. The Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars and results in China losing Hong Kong.
