an article in the FT about 10 years ago...... A German businessman set up shop in China and hired locals to help him run the business. After about six months, he came to work one day only to discover he was fully cleaned out. No cash anywhere, all the books and inventory gone.
His employees had figured out how his business worked, started their own business within his business, siphoned off the cash and profits and took him hook, line and sinker.
When the locals were asked why they did it, they said it was simple..."he was a foreigner, and he deserved it."
I agree with the sentiment expressed by the author, and yet I find myself often amazed at the even-handedness shown in the CGTN/CCTV documentaries about the Sino-Japanese wars, and the Second World War, even though we all know how brutal the Japanese acted towards the “lesser races” during those conflicts.
Even the stories about Chiang Kai-Shek paint him and his armies as honorable foes, at least in the episodes I have watched.
It is strange to know the type of regime that is running China and yet see less strident propaganda than expected coming from there.