Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.