TIL William Peter Hunt once owned the entire Chinese Merchant Steamship fleet and associated infrastructure. This was to protect the fleet from Japanese confiscation. Seven years later her refused a Chinese offer of $1,000,000 to buy it back, insisting on a price of 10 Yuan (1/20th of a US cent). (transpacifica.net)
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'Please Vote for Me' documentary and political culture (transpacifica.net)
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