Looks like it's time for another Opium War. That'll send 'em a message. You execute one of ours, we'll take Hong Kong back again.
But seriously, i think this incident reflects more poorly on China than on Britain, that they stubbornly insisted on executing a man who quite clearly had mental problems for Opium trafficking, which makes them look bad on three points: that they widely practice capital punishment, that they're not willing to give clemency for mental health, and that they're willing to apply capital punishment for drug trafficking (which i know certainly isn't the case in America).
You have to look at it more as the Chinese being too stubborn to cooperate with western norms, rather than as Britain being powerless.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
