The Europeans are Ocean Devils!!!!

- Posted: 17.Jul.2007.


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"An Ocean Devil. A caricature of a fire-breathing English sailor, which appeared in 1839 as part of Ch'ing propagande designed to increase Chinese xenofobia. Yet there was little in the behaviour of the Briton to suggest he was other than 'truly a wonderful monster'"


From: Chinese Civilization, by Yong Yap and Arthur Cotterell, Book Club Associates, 1977.

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