Notes for The Jade Paramour
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| + | A negotiator for the 1989 Treaty or the 1860 cessation of Kowloon is treated to a night with the Jade Paramour. | ||
Revision as of 18:28, 1 April 2010
Chinese Steampunk
a female jade sex automaton, she starts cold, but she warms up to you.
Steampunk China is filled with wonders of Chinese ingenuity, including magical marvels. The Chinese use mysticism/alchemy to combat British technology.
It's also the China of opium dens, press gangs, and European domination of Hong Kong and Macau.
Chinese History
- Qing Dynasty
- 1644 to 1912
- First Opium War
- 1839 to 1842 - British pushed opium on Chinese, Chinese government didn't want it.
- Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)
- Brought on by 1st Opium War. Bloody civil war between Chinese heterodox Christians and the Qing government. Perhaps 25 million died.
- Second Opium War
- 1860
Hong Kong History
- 1839 - British occupy Hong Kong
- 1860 - British occupy Kowloon
- 1898 - Treaty giving Britain a 100-year lease on HK
Plot Ideas
A negotiator for the 1989 Treaty or the 1860 cessation of Kowloon is treated to a night with the Jade Paramour.
