not to double post but uh, you can still orchestrate wars through goods and trade, such as silk, porcelain... gunpowder... an excerpt:

"... Tea, most famously, would be tossed into Boston Harbor in 1773. Silk and porcelain would be part of the non-importation strategy that colonists engaged in to boycott foreign goods."

who would rake in all the profits for a planned party to overthrow a british tyranny... only to establish more tyranny some 225 years ago? bet yer sweet bippy that china likes to stir the pot. what else do you expect out of a 3500 year old reign?