"At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the……" — Robert Trout
"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."
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The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire:…
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A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure,…
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The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members,…
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Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.
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Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity…
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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.
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From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally…
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Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.
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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should…
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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.
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The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.
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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.
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