> the UK as an opium dealer wanted to sell to opium addicts in China. The Chinese govt said no, so the UK went to war. <
Right. Good post yours. A friend of mine - a history teacher - once remarked that the British upper class were the most amoral people in the world. I didn’t argue with him.
In the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s definitely. Now, I don’t know.
The Chinese takeover of HK is actually a loss as this sends a strong message to Taiwan that one country two systems will not work.
This is typical Xi, he is moving too fast. The other post Deng leader were content to grow slowly and not ruffle feathers. The Sun Tzu method. Xi is impatient and due to this will lose.