Tsingtao, July 11.
Delegates of the "Provisional" and "Reformed Governments" of China, convened here for their fifth Joint Commission meeting, today launched into discussions of various problems concerning trade and education of common interest to the two administrations.
Observers, however, attached more interest to' behind-the-scenes developments relating to the establishment of a regime representative of a new China, which are expected to take place during this gathering of the heads of the Peiping and Nanking governments, than to the deliberations on the conference agenda, which was made public several weeks ago.
Strict secrecy surrounded these off-the-record negotiations, which, in
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