Anyways back on topic, sort of. An elderly Chinese man who's son I know from a den of gambling in Dublin has old pictures and hand-written stories (Mandarin) outlining how the Brits and French mainly, but also the Yanks, sat back and let the Japs rip the heart out of Shanghai in the 1920's. The people were butchered whilst Britannia waited to see who'd come out on top for improved trade routes etc....