Te many Dewutiful wreaths placed morning in common Nanning, capital of Kwangsi, cannot help coming away with good impressions. Although Kwangsi not a prosperous province, the Government and the people are on the right track towards prosperity, he said. The "Spirit of the New Kwangs!" seemed to pervade the atmosphere everywhere he continued. There is, little foreign in. fluence and' the people are patriotic without being anti-foreign. A number of foreign experts are employed. For instance there is a Scottish mining expert, employed for the development of the mining industry, and a veterinary expert, doing mich to combat animal sickness: in the province and several others a vising on aviation, communications, te. Much progress is being made in
said. agriculture and re-afforestation, Roads are being constructed and waterways improved throughout the province and radio stations, electric Ught plants, waterworks, and automatic telephones are being installed. 'There is an appreciation of culture and education on a high plane; and all men are required to undergo at east two months' military. training every year. Th consequence of the latter the observer was struck by the manner in which school boys and. girls walk in step when together on the streets, which is most unusual in other parts of China.
'A Contented People 'What impressed. the speaker most was the spirit of the Kwangs! peo-They seem modest, industrious, contented, loyal,, patriotic and earnest in the development of their province. They mind their own' business and the man on the street has little interest in polities. Everybody dresses in native cloth, mostly grey in colour, which accounts. for the huge importation of cotton goods, principally from Shanghai, amounting to $20,000,000 annually. 'They do not indulge much in modern fashions, which is shown in the! surprisingly small amount of silk'
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