The China Hong List With the opening of the New Year, what may. be described, without exag-ration, as one of the most indispensable publications in China, thas made its appearance." It is the China Hong List and with unchallenged right it will take its place among the essentials of every business house and many other institutions to whom It is a_eard index and register of business and residential Information connected with every. foreign community in China. The 1940 issue of the Hong List vividly reflects the tremendous changes which have occurred in this country since the last issue, Never: before could it be said to represent, in such a high degree of sensitiveness, such a barometer of change in a period of swiftly moving rud developing tendeneits based on economic and political rend-justment, "While the outports "reveal ttle change with the exception of Hankow, Shanghai dominates the Hong List and. is largely responsible for conditions which have resulted in the Hong List being increased. in size to more than 990 pages, the largest issue the Hong. List has ever reached. In all departments these developments, largely Shanghai, are reflected, 'The Hong List is 60 pages larger than last year, with nine more pages of Who's Who material, thirteen more pages in the street directory' and eight more in the residential directory, while the important sections devoted to diplomatic, consular anc official eirel: s show proportionate enlargement owing to developments. In Shang-hal, of course, the influx of European refugees and the ¢xpansion of Japanese business are two causes of increased population, and ill-lustrate the accuracy "with which the Hong List with its comprehensive and careful compilation, reacts to these Important changes of community life which make it so valuable fo the business world of Shanghai and other cities In China and the Far East,
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