And then the British responded to this by demanding compensation and access to Chinese territory where they could carry out their trade. And then the Chinese were like, man, that seems a little bit harsh, whereupon the British sent in gunships, opening trade with Canton by force. Chinese General Yi Cheng made a counterattack in 1842 that included a detailed plan to catapult flaming monkeys onto British ships. Stan, is that true? Alright, apparently the plans actually involved strapping fireworks to monkeys' backs and were never carried out, but still! Slightly off topic, obviously I don't want anyone to light monkeys on fire. I'm just saying that flaming monkeys lend themselves to a lot of great band names, like the Sizzling Simeons, Burning Bonobos, Immolated Marmoset.