To a visitor, the most pressing problem that confronts Shanghai is that of transportation. That the city has a great future seems self-evident. It enjoys a unique position even amongst the Treaty orts. It is the scene of a huge concentration of wealth and industry. Whilst other parts of China emulate the Kilkenny cats, Shanghai remains undisturbed, for he who disturbs it disturbs the Powers of the world. It is governed by a League of Nations stronger even than the Consortium, and it seems to a visitor that Chinese residents in the Settlements can do no more foolish thing in their own interest than to endeavour to shake the foreign control of the place. If the greatness of the city's future is _granted, it follows that the transportation problem is pressing. here is un immense change in the crowding of the streets since 1900, when the pavements were reserved for the foreigners and the Chinese kept to the road. A ricsha ride along The
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