If for some reason you want the context it's at https://ia800304.us.archive.org/14/items/thesonsofhan00upwauoft/thesonsofhan00upwauoft.pdf

  • dumpster_dove [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "We wouldn't have gone to war if only they'd been more polite"

    I rate this take two out of three nukes

    :nuke: :nuke:

    • huf [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      yeah well the chinese were incredibly narrow minded.

      imagine this but flipped, with chinese envoys and traders in bristol or something. i'm 100% sure the brits would've gone along with chinese court/diplomatic etiquette. they wouldnt have insisted on the foreigners doing things the british way while in britain.

      because brits are just that awesome and understanding.