Hoowontte "Furone oP. Citixa:—By GMing-ju Cheng George Routledge Sons, Ltd, London.
Mr, W. Tetley Stephenson contributes a very guarded introduction to this little book, He realizes that Mr. Cheng very earnestly endeavours to picture the economic future of China, but the canvas is a little devoid of detail at present. Mr. Stephenson rightly observes that without modern means of communication a centralized government cannot exist in China and that the process of welding the peoples of China. into a united nation would be enormously helped by the development of means of transport, of the telegraph and the telephone, The author himself, in 'a preface written, appropriately enough, from Geneva, claims to have maintained an unbiased and impartial attitude. His claim is not unjustified so far as he discusses the basic problems of economics and the scope and meaning of economic science, He delivers himself of, an admirable exposition, mihich is well worth examination and appreciation, attempts to: describe the transport the means of communication available to the Old China are historical-unexceptionable. Where, however, this book seems to fail is in its exposition of the future, as if solid ground existed for the be that this future can be°said to be in. process of, materialization. To take the following passage:
"During the, last done years, road macadamized rouds have Hullo round some, of the prine!
according to. tie jrmation China has Toad mileage of 10,000
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