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1858 Treaty of Tianjin allows cigarettes to be imported into China duty free 1862 James Augustus Thomas is born 1865 James B. Duke is born 1880 Charlie Soong arrives in the US sponsored by tobacco magnate, Julian S. Carr. He was educated at Trinity College shortly thereafter. 1888 James Thomas makes his first visit to China 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki allows foreign business to trade in China 1899 JA Thomas begins working for W. Duke & Sons 1900 China Relief Expedition is mounted to rescue foreign residents in China from the Boxer Rebellion 1900-1903 JA Thomas works for W. Duke & Sons in Singapore 1902 British-American Tobacco Co. founded 1903-1904 JA Thomas works for W. Duke & Sons in India 1904 RH Gregory goes to Shanghai 1905 JA Thomas goes to China for BAT 1905-1906 Anti-American goods boycott 1911 Dynasty collapses, replaced by Republican government 1915 Brightleaf tobacco seeds and growing methods are first transported to China 1916 BAT is manufacturing ½ to 2/3 of its tobacco sold in China IN China 1918 American-Chinese Tobacco Co. (meiguo-zhongguo yancao gongsi) formed for the "sole purpose of buying tobacco in the US and selling it to China" 1925 James B. Duke dies 1930s Tobacco trade suffers from Chinese war with Japan 1931 Japan invades Manchuria 1937 Full-blown war between China and Japan erupts 1940 JA Thomas dies
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