The historical background upon which she builds her account of the present war bring out the unity of Chinese culture, the coming of the West to China, and the revolutionary influences in the nation during the past twenty years. On the Chinese communist movement Miss Strong is undoubtedly one of the most capable writers. Her interpretation.of the present position of the communist leaders deserves close attention.
The reviewer finds a marked sharpness in Miss Strong's references to British policy in the Far East. America comes off scarcely better. Germany is represented with the modest desire of holding Japan as an elly for war against the U.S.S.R. and of winning first place in China's industrial reconstruction. Russian national and class interests put Russia, says Miss Strong, on the side of the Chinese people, but against armed participation in the war itself. The aid of the democratic nations of the world makes possible Japan's continuation of war, believes Miss Strong.
Those who agree with this author that the future of China lies in the hands of her own people, will find in this book evidence of the great progress being made to knit China into a closely integrated nation.—F: M.R.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.