Ching's cultural relations with the world had been greatly influenced by political developments. Before com-jing in contact with western nations, her civilization had exerted a domi hating Influence throughout Asia Attar suffering defeat, she began to send. students abroad to discover the Secret of their strength. This move~ ment had eon kept up until: the preterit day, Through these students, A constant flow of new ideas and deals had eon introduced and as-similared, combining towards the evolution of a new economic and social order.
During recent years, there had been signa that elements of Chinese culture were being more and more appreciated by western nations. Evidences of this were the warm recep tion given to the Chinese Art Exhibition in, Londam, and to Mr. Mei Lan-fang during his visit to Soviet Russia, Dr. Kuo suggested that the elements of Chinese culture, art, drama and literature would some day become the spirituakunion between China and the modern world.
Because of her great progress during recent years, the potentialities of China as a world market were now attracting more interest and atten tion than ever before. The American, British and German Economic Missions, as well as other missions, represented a keen interest in the economic development of China, and In the greater opportunities for trade. During recent years, the nations trading with China had been vieing with each other to occupy first place in her foreign trade. It was his bee Nef that with the gradual unfolding of China's programme of reconstruc tion, her need of foreign products and' manufactures would multiply. With the improvement and standard-lation of her commodities, her export trade would increase as a natural result.
Chinese manufacturers, also, were beginning to find an outlet for their products. The Chinese Goodwill Mis-slon to Slam, the Shanghai Industrial Mission to the South Seas, and, in Shanghai, the Chinese - American Trade Council, and the Chinese British 'Trade Council, were all helping to this end, and by their very existence were evidences of the realization that international trade was of mutual benefit, that a nation must import in order to export, and that nations depend upon each' other for their wants and necessities in life.
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