Farmers are busy gathering the best crop of rice in years. The merchants are keen for trade. Local industries are flourishing, but far too few! in number. The population is so quiet that police and soldiers have little to do. If the Consortium or any other agency will ensure China 10 years of peace and honest government, this nation will not only be on the map, but in the Councils of the Powers that rule the world.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.