Talking of the Chinese Labour Corps…

Yesterday I posted about the developments one hundred years ago this week when a new commander was appointed to the fledgling Chinese Labour Corps, then (November 1916) being recruited in Shandong (see this post on that process). From the start the British government it seems was keen to get out a message about the labourers being recruited (I guess these days it’d be called a “narrative”) and so versions of this story began to appear in newspapers in America and elsewhere explaining the CLC…click to make it larger…

It’s a puff piece obviously arguing that the Chinese are having the time of their lives. The notion of branding with acid is not overly pleasant, if it’s true. There’s a bit of product placement for Lux and Lysol…