Britain, as part of the West inflicted pain and suffereing to the
Chinese as well many other peoples in the world. On the other hand,
Britain, as part of the West, also had produced many great thinkers,
great pioneers and great inventors which contributed to humanity.

What are Japan's unique contribution to the world during her whole
history?

superoutland@aol.com (SuperOutland) wrote in message news:<e91ad9af.0411161907.2ceab9a3@posting.google.com>...
> In 1839, after the emperors own son had died from drug addiction, had
> hired a moral offficial named Lin TSe Tsu to suppress the illegal
> opium trade.  Opium had long been illegal in japan, because even a
> chink can figure out it isnt healthy for society.  The chinese cracked
> down on opium parlors and opium cargo all along the coast.
> 
> 
> Angry at the chinese government for seizing "their" opium, the british
> launched a series of blockades, bombardments, and coastal plunder.
> When a peace was finally negotiated, the British demanded
> "extraterritoriality", making it effectively illegal for Chinese to
> arrest British drug dealers.
> 
> 
> The worst drug addiction case in history proceeded, but things werent
> even at their worst yet.
> 
> 
> Later, when China was in a civil war, chinese officers mistakenly
> arrested some british smugglers, and the British used the excuse to
> decalare wae.  They demanded money from china and that china formally
> legalize opium, and when the Emperor refused, the British simply
> marched on his palace and burned it down.  France and Russia decided
> to join in on the fun.  Helpless, and in civil war, the Emperor ad no
> choice but to give in.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Opium being competley legal now, even china's own merchants were
> allowed to join in on the profits.
> 
> 
> 
> The worst drug addiction case in history proceeded, the long term
> effects on chinese society were atrocious.
> 
> 
> The question is, why do the chinese admmire the british for forcing o
> them opium, and yet hate the japanese?  In the long run, the effects
> of th opium trade (not stopped until CHina joined the allies in WW2)
> were at least as bad.
> 
> 
> Is it because chinese people worship whites, and hate the japanese
> more because they are not white?
> 
> 
> Seems to me the chinese are cowards, forgiving atrocities on them by
> white people but not asians.  Cowardly chinks.