From Western China to the Golden Gate

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Excerpt from From Western China to the Golden Gate: The Experiences of an American University Graduate in the OrientI wish to transport you to a remote point in the west of China, the great city of Chentu, a city so far removed from the United States that when it is noon in New York, it is within eight minutes of midnight there. For while New York is seventy-four degrees west from Green wich, Chentu is one hundred and four degrees east, so that one hundred and seventy-eight de grees of longitude intervene, nearly one-half the circuit of the globe. When New York is booming with the rush and clangor of noonday, in Chentu the great iron gates which afford en trance and exit have long been closed, for they are locked at sunset, the wooden barriers which separate one section of the city from another have been shut for two hours, and the only signs of life are the night-watchmen making their rounds. With ¿ickering Chinese lantern and vi brating gong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.