Did the British had to? Lol!! You guys were submissive and bend over to them. They never had to subjugate you because your emperors made deal with them. Some reference such as 8 nation alliance to smoke Chinese rebellion and ccp terms called Century of Humiliation might ring a bell for you.
English is a language of convenience. You are speaking to me in English. And you lot are escaping in scores to a western nation, follow their culture and make them as examples.
As our beloved Kaptaan says, westoxified.
And hires white people for white monkey job, which is basically a white guy who may or may not be connected to the company, but to make investors believe there is a white guy in top position. Speaking of PLA, the mighty PLA is known for sniping their own citizens in Tibet.
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