Newspapers are unanimous in citing the China Year Book for the current year as the only authoritative manual on China's past and present, The following are a few comments on the contents of the 1938 issue 1
"The nineteenth edition comes fully up to the high standard reached by its predecessors, An idea of the scope and variety of field covered by its volume is gained from a perusal of the table of contents.—British Chamber of Commerce Journal.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.