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On this Tea Time with Jesse, Jesse is joined by Teacup Media founder, business consultant, and podcast host Laszlo Montgomery.Laszlo Montgomery spent 25 years growing US market shares for Chinese consumer product manufacturers. During that time, he worked abroad, learning about China's history and the value of intercultural connections. In this episode, Laszlo shares how he chooses research topics for the China History podcast and his motivations for starting Teacup Media.Check out the China History Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCim2V_PqtJ6_W2fDESGzJHA🍵 Featured Tea: Yangchun Snow Jasmine Tea: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/yangchun-snow-jasmine-green-tea2024 Spring Green Tea preorder: https://jessesteahouse.com/products/2024-spring-green-tea-samplerWant Jesse's curated tea club boxes to show up, once per season? Join the tea subscription club! https://jessesteahouse.com/products/jesses-tea-club-subscription-service?variant=43241340567777Don’t miss out on future episodes! Subscribe and hit the notification bell for more Teatime with Jesse. 🔔0:00:27 Meet Laszlo0:02:50 Laszlo’s everyday tea0:03:32 Ancient tree tea0:05:18 Starting the Chinese history podcast0:07:48 How to prioritize topics on a history podcast0:09:20 The Chinese exclusion act 0:10:34Chinese immigration to the US0:20:29 Living in Hong Kong during the Handover0:27:38 The history of China-US trade relations0:29:00 Nixon and The Cultural Revolution0:41:18 Working with the London Science Museum to display palace artifacts from Beijing0:51:44 The importance of understanding history in the present0:53:30 Independent podcast research vs. museum curation1:10:00 Tea pets and the Zodiac#chinesehistory #chinahistorypodcast #jessesteahouse #teatimewithjesse #chinatrade #gongfutea #chinesetea #teahistory #foreignerinchina #mandarinlanguage
