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 by its predecessors. An idea of the scope and variety of field covered {thie nigstennti: edition comes fully. op fo the Mes ets by its volume is gained from the table of contents British Chamber of Commerce Journal, The China Year Book for 1938 is, indeed, a remarkably complete' and accurate work. It is a volume which can be described without exaggeration as an essential in any office—
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