1981, hus been eritien ty Mr. I
1 Secretary's Report on the Foreion Trade of China, ued from the Customs Department. "It has been MazBwan, officio Bite tal cottons in "0 wore about, came out of them with surprising een expected, having ret world distort her own internat a han might have After noting the serious world conditions of 1931, Mr. MacEwan feonsiders. it distinctly "unfortana that, when opposed. by such. condi tions, China's trade "with abroad should have been handicapped coin eidently during the year by dome: tie conditions as adverse as any' the country has experienced, Politically. instead of the tranquillity that was needed, there was, unhappily, continual tension thet ended towards the close of the year ina complete change of government at Nancing.
the rich provinces of Manchu relations with Japan were strome throughout the whole period, begining with a controversy over railway Fights and ending in military action and a forced occupation of various Strategig. points. by. the Japanese farms. The appalling floods in the fertile Yangtze Valley were disast-Tous to life, property, and_ trade, paralysing many great arteries. and Gistributing centres of commerce, {neluding the Wu-Luan cities. With Government absorbed with 50 many troubles and hampered as to military. measures by flooded country, little progress of a. permanent ature was made during the yeu with the campaign against "the communist forces, who continue to throttle trade in the large arcus of Kiang, Hunan. and Hupeh control, and" bugan fnains a. constant - and threat to the carrying on of tural. pursuits: and. erally in almost al the country. By the very demn that they'bring about, the mumpers these -comununist" and" bandit forces are beng strengthened daily.
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