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...Siam, Shaw was for once obscured, by the presence of Prince Curbhatra aboard the Empress of Britain. In Peiping he flew over the Great Wall and contented himself with saying: "There is a Japanese soldier pointing a rifle at every Chinese inhabitant, but keeping down nationalism is like sitting on a horse's head-there's no time to do anything else. The Chinese should study Communism." In Hawaii, though he refused to be garlanded with lei, he said: "I sincerely hope you never permit Christianity to destroy or change the beauty of your dances. They have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Great Insulter | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

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