“100 Years of Shame”
That’s the period that Chinese view The West was beating up on them, getting them hooked on Opium, exacting unfair trade concessions, etc.
They aim to do that to “us” now.
See..?
Their mercenary motive is quite enough but it’s really MORE than that.
They see some principle in it.
Just rent the house, cut out the floor and bypass the electric meter. 24 hour a day sunshine and plant growth. Eventually the power company finds out.