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V. 2. The administration of the government -- The trade of China -- Progress of foreign trade in China -- America's trade with China -- The province of Sze-chuen -- Manchuria -- Chinese riots -- The treatment of China by the foreign powers -- The exclusion of the Chinese labourer -- The Japanese-Chinese War -- Seizures of Chinese territory -- The first Philippine Commission -- The boxer uprising -- The capture and government of Tientsin -- The United States Consular Service -- Progress on the Pacific shores -- The future of the great powers in the far east -- The Russo-Japanese War.V. 1. Appointed minister to China -- Arrival at Peking -- Foreign life at Peking -- Peking -- The imperial city -- The civil service examinations -- The work of the diplomats -- Banks and banking -- The imperial customs service -- Agriculture -- Arts and language -- Woman in China -- Religion and superstition -- Slavery -- Disposal of the dead -- The civil law -- Christian mission work in China -- The Empress Dowager.

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