The article was less about how the chili got to China, and why inland Sichuan and Henan. The answers postulated are poverty and mass starvation (cheap, robust,

The article was less about how the chili got to China, and why inland Sichuan and Henan. The answers postulated are poverty and mass starvation (cheap, robust, nutritious, integrates with existing spice combinations), and that there's a link between chili consumption and risk taking.