The feudal option

Wars are still with us and, in my granddad's day, they blamed it all on trade, that is, business.

In hindsight, if America hadn't forced their way into Japan in the name of trade, Japan would still be a feudal kingdom and they wouldn't have caused a war.

The same with China.

Britain forced their way into China and made them trade against their will.

Just imagine if this hadn't happened?

China would still be a feudal country, instead of a super power that floods the world with cheap, shoddy, polluted and dangerous goods.

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy