28 aWhich has to do with killing and rampaging and burning,
29 And has nothing whatever to do with changing the economy,
30 Or the society,
31 Or the basic bfoundations of Chink civilization.
CHAPTER 121 For example, before the Chinks even knew it, there were cEuropeans muscling in on all their ports,
2 dDemanding the right to trade with the Chinks,
3 eSince any fool could see that there was a fortune to be made in selling little paper umbrellas and firecrackers and plaster dragons to Europeans.
4 fPretty soon, the Brits were acting like they owned China,
5 Moving in to Hong Kong and Shanghai,
6 And telling the government what to do,
7 gJust like they did with every other government around the world.
8 hFor example, they told the Chink government to start importing opium,
9 iBecause they thought it would be popular,
10 jWhich turned out to be absolutely correct,
11 Thus solving the trade problem very neatly,
12 Except that some of the Chinks resented the Brits and the Yanks and the other Europeans,
13 And rebelled a few times,
14 Which didn't work out very well,
15 kSince it usually takes more than firecrackers to defeat a British warship.
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CHAPTER 131 When the unpleasantness had settled down a bit, the Brits and the Europeans and the Americans got together and decided that China should be a ldemocracy,
2 So that they would learn how to mcompromise,
3 And stop being so holier-than-thou all the time,
4 nWhich, to tell the truth, was starting to get on everyone's nerves.
5 And so the barbarians basically succeeded in setting up the kind of government they wanted in China,
6 Although things started to get pretty confused after that,
7 oWhat with a couple of world wars breaking out,
8 pAnd the Japanese suddenly requiring a lot of thought and concentration from the Europeans and Americans,
9 And a lot of other things going on that were a lot more important than who was doing what to who in China,
10 As if it really mattered anyway.
CHAPTER 141 And so, all of a sudden, it was after World War II, and things in China got pretty fouled up,
2 With qMao Tse-dung running around wanting China to be rcommunist,
3 For some reason,
4 And sChiang Kai-shek running around trying to get away from Mao,
5 Who had a little tred book with all the answers in it,
6 Apparently,
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