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Zhu Wencong, at the outset of his entrepreneurship, was ostracized by the Chinese Association. The reason was simple, Zhu Wencong was too intimate with White people, completely forgetting that he was an Easterner.

After suffering two defeats, the Qing Dynasty's international stature plummeted significantly. Yet, even a starving camel is bigger than a horse; despite its weakness, it remained one amongst the Four Emperors' Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Easterners could still hold their heads high, confidently looking down on the uncivilized with contempt. The Manchu Qing's defeat was the Manchu Qing's own affair, and it had nothing to do with the merchants of the East.

In truth, it did have something to do with them! Ever since the Anglo-French forces forcibly opened the gates of Manchu Qing, Eastern merchants began walking a different path and became the infamous comprador class.

Since wealth was provided by foreigners, the compradors naturally served and rooted for foreigners.