Originally Posted by trueblu

Although if I were being cheeky, given that gunpowder and fireworks were invented by the Chinese 1400 years ago, there is zero correlation between the recent rise of China and how much crazy pyrotechnics one engages in. In fact, one can argue that given it took Europeans a very short time to steal the technology, and use it for massive firepower against the Chinese, fireworks brought about the opposite of good fortune...

tb