A Reply to the Chinese View of Sino-Foreign Relationships and Contacts Lag ccc, thi joee, 4 photographic' recent "of @ Chinese sted "teat aay comment by 9. come dey an examination of the ime ienwe from the ste" sehich will be" read welcomed by the many foreigners in China who desire to acquire a Knowledge of the means to better understanding and a more lasting friendship with the Chinese people. Persons of true education and, breadth of mind welcome the opportunity from time to time to see themselves og others see them, and ich a frank expression of opinion this article contained may be: valuable for our everyday guidance if we are prepared to overlook. the intrusion of one or two gratuitous criticisms extraneous tothe real argument.
Mutual' understanding and respect must, if they are to prove lasting, bbe based on sure foundations, and the present writer would accordingly wish first to dispose of one of the criticisms referred to above, before attempting to submit for consideration one or two of the comments on Chinese characte! ties most frequently made by sponsible foreigners in this country. At the conclusion of the article under examination your contributor wrote that for foreigners it in m choice between smug self satinfnetion and a face" that fe most Tulse to itself or the honest analysis
the thet "boule shortcoming with the Chinese amon Ihave come for one pur= Dove" or another connected with po Sonal "progress."
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