'The bulletin which Mr, Tien-tsung Sih has written for the' Council of International Affairs at Nanking on "Economic Conditions in North China" is well-backed with informa tion, The area includes the provinces of Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Charhar and Suiyuan, not because they constitute @ distinct political or economic unit, but because they have the com. mon experience of being a "target for "foreign aggression" in recent years. In the summer, cotton, millet, maize, kaoliang and' bean, in the winter, wheat and barley, are the chief crops." Modern industries are grow-Ing up in Hopel, Shantung and Shansi, The total population of the area is 82,394,707. "The future development of heavy industries in China will de-end on these provinces for iron ore, manganese and tungsten, The coal Feserve In Shansi is expected to play an important part in that projected advance, Wool and cotton will, it is urged, be sent to the south in return for tea and manufactured goods. The Government's efforts to improve the economic conditions of the north by reclamation and control works in the Yellow River valley are ap-Preciatively noted. The conclusion that understandable, well-supported by statistics ably marshalled, and as it happens, peculiarly topical at the moment.
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