[BITList] Only Britain can beg for scraps from China and tell themhow to behave

[John Feltham]

G'day Hugh,

On 28/11/2010, at 11:25 PM, HUGH wrote:

<< All they have to do (I've read the books) is take a few bags of trade goods with them - coloured beads, old rifles, bibles, photos of Queen Victoria, and the like.  Johnny foreigner would queue up to enlist. >>

And, let's not forget the bag of opium?



ooroo



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