OUTNUMBERED
A short anecdote illustrates the quiet, unshakable feeling of superiority which the Chinese nave towards their Japanese enemies. Right at the beginning of the Japanese-Chinese war, a Chinese travelling on the Canadian liner Empress of Russia asked the wireless operator on the first day of the voyage: "How go the war?" "Yesterday the Chinese lost 500 men and the Japanese three men." On the second uay the Chinese again addressed himself to the wireless operator: "Catchem for news?" "Yes. The Chinese lost 600 men and the Japanese two." On the third day the Chinese asked, "What air say about war to-day?"
"The Chinese lost 700 men, the Japanese one man." The Chinese nodded with a smile! "Plenty soon be no Japanese left."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 307, 29 December 1942, Page 6
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