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

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.

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

At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well.

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

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.