 It was a leisurely life for diplomats, their guards, and other foreigners, who had legions of servants and for whom life consisted of a "perpetual merry-go round of parties...One hardly saw any Chinese guests among the crowd...Riding and horse racing", and a "delightful immorality" prevailed.However, in the opinion of many, the "latent hatred of the foreigner" by the Chinese was in no way diminished.Relationships between foreigners and Chinese were mostly superficial, with few successful efforts to "bridge the gap which separates white & yellow."