Professor Dikotter shared a link to an article in the New York Times by a Chinese woman and former Hong Kong resident who experienced some "nostalgia" for British colonial rule when she went back. I can relate. Americans had no justification to revolt against British rule. The Declaration of Independence embarrasses me. Here's the article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/opinion/global/Nostalgic-for-Freedom-in-Hong-Kong.html.  My thanks to Professor Dikotter.