When the Opium Wars are taught in Anglo classrooms like in Australia, a big deal is made over Qianlong's letter to the British Crown to "tremblingly obey" as an indication of how out of touch the Qing were with the more technologically advanced British, and also to have a cheap guffaw at 'these upstarts Chinese don't know what's coming to them'.
Fast forward to the modern age, and the Anglos are now 'demanding answers' to the Chinese:
Fast forward to the modern age, and the Anglos are now 'demanding answers' to the Chinese:

