'The Chinese people are using more and more foods containing wheat flour, according to Mr. H, C. Beach, special representative for the Royal Buking Powder Company, New York, who arrived in China this month' to investigate trade possibilities in the Far East in connection with the products manufae~ tured by his company.
Mr. Beach stated to a representative of the "N.C. Daily News" that "the Chinese diet is gradually changing by the inclusion of more foreign foods, particularly wheat products in which baking powder an ingredient, The people have been quick to appreciate that the use of a high quality beking powder in the preparation of such foods results in a finished product that jrore.appetising and more digestible," he added, He also pointed out that in the past baking facilities in China have not been' adequate, but that the moderately priced bake ovens now available will help solve the problem, Mr. Beach said baking powder was now used quite extensively in The which was, negotiated in a most competent 2" "How will the competence be decided?
by the way, what about the theory of reciprocity which is being 20 freely advocated. by Young China?
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Dr. Trang further insinuates with regard. to Macao that "the oceupation of this little bit of territory friendly spirit and under no duress whatsoever. But, of course, to Dr. Teang the treaty of 1887 is nothing buts "serap of paper." If anything, 1842 was a most unfavourable year to Macao: the Coldny lost its practically exclusive privilege of the trade of China, asa result of the opening of its port ai a free port with the others which were of-the treaty. Such being the really absurd that " man Dr. Tsang should say that Portugal took advantage of the disturbed conditions which followed the war of that year.
Arousing Bitter Feelings Things of the kind quoted above, do rio good to the friendly relations which the Nationalist Government strive to maintain. with the foreign Powers, and it will never be possible ret to carry out with any measure of States. The-same holds tru He proposes to put forws new political idea when he in the United States this autumn, in the belief that the principal hope for Asin in the future lies in a economic union, which should take its place along with the closely knit union of the various states in America and follow the tendency towards amalgamation that Europe trying to wchleve.
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