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Topic: Handy Dandy
Posted by: David Ainsworth
Date/Time: 06/01/26 10:48:00

"did think of 'protectorate' but that seemed very 29th, early 20th century, but perhaps that's where the world is heading?"

I realised that you meant 19th century, which made me think of the Opium Wars against China, which ended with:-

"The Convention of Peking [1860] forced China to legalise the opium trade, open all of China to foreign merchants and missionaries, and cede the Kowloon Peninsula to Britain."

"In China, these wars are seen as the start of the "Century of Humiliation," a period of forced "unequal treaties" that undermined Chinese sovereignty and eventually led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912."

When I was quite young, I assumed that these Opium Wars were fought by Britain to stop China from SUPPLYING opium.

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Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 10:09:00 David Ainsworth
   Re:Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 11:28:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Reply05/01/26 11:51:00 Michael Ixer
      Reply05/01/26 11:52:00 Sue Hammond
         Be afraid05/01/26 12:09:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Be afraid05/01/26 14:51:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 17:49:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 12:16:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 17:56:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 14:34:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 15:00:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply05/01/26 15:46:00 Ivonne Holliday
                  Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 16:03:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 16:58:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply05/01/26 17:40:00 Ivonne Holliday
                        Re:Reply06/01/26 12:04:00 John Hawkes
                           Reply06/01/26 17:22:00 Michael Ixer
                              Re:Reply06/01/26 18:38:00 David Ainsworth
                                 Reply06/01/26 18:47:00 Michael Ixer
               From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 15:58:00 David Ainsworth
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 18:44:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 20:16:00 Michael Ixer
                     Might makes right apparently05/01/26 21:33:00 David Ainsworth
                        Re:Might makes right apparently06/01/26 14:13:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA06/01/26 13:44:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 18:33:00 Sue Hammond
               Re:Reply05/01/26 22:12:00 Steven Rose
                  5 years ago tomorrow05/01/26 22:49:00 David Ainsworth
   Reply05/01/26 22:45:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:22:00 Gerry Boyce
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:34:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 23:58:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:19:00 David Ainsworth
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:39:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:54:00 David Ainsworth
         Reply06/01/26 01:32:00 Michael Ixer
            "A dog’s obeyed in office"06/01/26 09:18:00 David Ainsworth
               Re:"A dog’s obeyed in office"07/01/26 11:42:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Reply06/01/26 09:23:00 Steven Rose
               Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 10:03:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Reply06/01/26 10:33:00 Michael Ixer
                  Handy Dandy06/01/26 10:48:00 David Ainsworth
                     Reply06/01/26 11:56:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 12:51:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 13:27:00 Robert Wheeler
   Reply07/01/26 13:49:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply07/01/26 14:20:00 Robert Wheeler
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 14:58:00 Gerry Boyce
            Re:Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:03:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:01:00 John Hawkes

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