Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers

"Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers" by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew is a historical analysis uncovering the exploitation of Chinese women in colonial Hong Kong's sex trade during the early 20th century. It exposes how Western powers, masking their motives with claims of bringing civilization, actively participated in institutionalizing the enslavement and commodification of these women. The narrative investigates governmental and societal structures, revealing a complex web of complicity where systems supposedly protecting women instead perpetuated their bondage and facilitated brothel slavery, demonstrating that the moral decline in the East stemmed from the actions of Westerners profiting from human suffering.