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The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2
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Excerpt from The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to BurmahCradle of the Chinese Nation - Their Settlement in shan-si Characteristics of Chinese History - Manifold Invasions of China, but Chinese Individuality always predominates - Imagination essential to Advancement, but the Chinese have it not - Inven tions ascribed to them - Stoppage of Development - China for the Chinese - Foreign Help inevitable - The woo-sung Rail way - Defects of Chinese Character - Shanghai in vvinter pigeon-english - Perverse Employment of it - The word 'pa goda - Preparations again for Travel - Detail of Packages - The Shanghai Theatre - Chinese Treatment of Chinese - The Chi nese Performers - Sport at Shanghai - A Shooting Excursion on the yang-tzii - Names of the Great River - The so-called Grand Canal, ' and its Humours - Shooting Scenes - The Mixt.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.
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