China contained almost every range of climate the world knew, varying from the tropics to Arctic condi tions. "From south to north, roughly, there was a variation in the length of the growing season, so that the south it was probably' longest, hey proceeded northwards, the' growing season shortened, until, in the north, only one crop could bbe obtained.' "It was exceedingly Lifficult for the land to support even the scant population to be found in the western and northwestern areas. times. it was said that China vias only sparsely populated, but mest of it was supporting all it could, and possibly "more, Dr. "Appleton emphasized China' said probably it was true that the lack of interest on the part of Europe Chinese affairs in past years by the Pacific.
Practically speaicing, until modern thes the Pacific had acted asa barrier. The story of China's settlement, he decia was a secession of invasions from the north by a variety of peoples who had moved southwards. In the past, "China had been completely isolated, the Western world had faded into the background, and China's civilization had become antiquated.
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