Ignorance isnt always bliss

Jonathan: So why does it say that all these buidings (at the summer Palace) were burnt down by the Anglo-French Alliance?

Tour guide: Well you know, the Opium Wars....

J: Oh, right. They actually burnt everything down?

T: Well China was selling a lot of top quality goods to the West, but not buying anything. The west wanted to fix this inequality and tried to sell drugs to the poor chinese people.

J: Mmmm

T: And we didnt want to buy their drugs... so they invaded us!

J: *cough* what?

T: Yes England invaded us...

J: Right

T: And, also, there was this french priest who was trying to spread Christinanity and he broke some law, and we tried to punish him, but the french didnt like that... so they invaded us!

J: Oh right... *rolling eyes*

T: You are from Sweden right, you didnt invade us did you?


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