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Book The Problem of China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Problem of China Classic Reprint written by Bertrand Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Problem of China A european lately arrived in China, if he is of a receptive and reflective disposition, finds himself confronted with a number Of very puzzling questions, for many of which the problems of Western Europe will not have prepared him. Russian problems, it is true, have important affinities with those of China, but they have also important differences moreover they are decidedly less complex. Chinese problems, even if they affected no one outside China, would be of vast importance, since the Chinese are estimated to constitute about a quarter of the human race. In fact, however, all the world will be vitally affected by the development of Chinese afiairs, which may well prove a decisive factor, for good or evil, during the next two centuries. This makes it impor tant, to Europe and America almost as much 'as to Asia, that there should be an intelligent understand ing of the questions raised by China, even if, as yet, definite answers are difficult to give. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Problem of China

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bertrand Russell
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-07-12
  • ISBN : 9781722834715
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book The Problem of China written by Bertrand Russell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell A European lately arrived in China, if he is of a receptive and reflective disposition, finds himself confronted with a number of very puzzling questions, for many of which the problems of Western Europe will not have prepared him. Russian problems, it is true, have important affinities with those of China, but they have also important differences; moreover they are decidedly less complex. Chinese problems, even if they affected no one outside China, would be of vast importance, since the Chinese are estimated to constitute about a quarter of the human race. In fact, however, all the world will be vitally affected by the development of Chinese affairs, which may well prove a decisive factor, for good or evil, during the next two centuries. This makes it important, to Europe and America almost as much as to Asia, that there should be an intelligent understanding of the questions raised by China, even if, as yet, definite answers are difficult to give. The questions raised by the present condition of China fall naturally into three groups, economic, political, and cultural. No one of these groups, however, can be considered in isolation, because each is intimately bound up with the other two. For my part, I think the cultural questions are the most important, both for China and for mankind; if these could be solved, I would accept, with more or less equanimity, any political or economic system which ministered to that end. Unfortunately, however, cultural questions have little interest for practical men, who regard money and power as the proper ends for nations as for individuals. The helplessness of the artist in a hard-headed business community has long been a commonplace of novelists and moralizers, and has made collectors feel virtuous when they bought up the pictures of painters who had died in penury. China may be regarded as an artist nation, with the virtues and vices to be expected of the artist: virtues chiefly useful to others, and vices chiefly harmful to oneself. Can Chinese virtues be preserved? Or must China, in order to survive, acquire, instead, the vices which make for success and cause misery to others only? And if China does copy the model set by all foreign nations with which she has dealings, what will become of all of us? We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Book The Chinese Problem  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Chinese Problem Classic Reprint written by L. T. Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chinese Problem During the summer of 1875, while on the Pacific coast, and while enjoying rare opportunities for gaining information, we made the matters involved in this pamphlet objects of as critical inquiry and study as the case would then allow. The recent hostile demonstrations against the Chinese in California induced us to prepare for the religious press a few articles bearing the foregoing title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Development of China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Development of China Classic Reprint written by Kenneth Scott Latourette and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Development of China The eyes of the world are more and more turned toward China. We are coming to be profoundly interested in the fate of that greatest of Asiatic peoples. And it is well that we are. No other existing nation can look back over as long a past of continuous development as can China. When the foundations of Greece and Rome were being laid and when the great Hebrew prophets were in the midst of their ministry, a nation was being shaped and a civilization formed which have come down through the centuries with a comparatively unbroken history. There have been changes, but none of them as violent as those which have shaken the West during the same period. Only two other cultural groups - that in India and that in the Mediterranean Basin - have had as dominant an influence over as large a section of mankind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book China and the Chinese  Classic Reprint

Download or read book China and the Chinese Classic Reprint written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from China and the Chinese The following Lectures were delivered dur ing March, 1902, at Columbia University, in the city of New York, to inaugurate the foun dation by General Horace W. Carpentier of the Dean Lung Chair of Chinese. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Problem in China and British Policy  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Problem in China and British Policy Classic Reprint written by Archibald R. Colquhoun and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Problem in China and British Policy Let us briefly recall What has helped to bring about the recent collapse of China, ending in revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book History of China  Vol  1  Classic Reprint

Download or read book History of China Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Demetrius C. Boulger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of China, Vol. 1 IT is unnecessary for me to detain the reader with any lengthy remarks by way of introduction to this history. The Chinese Empire presents for our con sideration one of the most complicated of existing problems; and the subject is of growing rather than waning importance. In 'dealing with its history we are not discussing the fortunes of some Empire that has long disappeared, nor are we seeking to discern the future of a race that has lost or forgotten the capacity of government; but we are treating of a stat-e and a people that apparently were never, during the long course of their national existence, more powerful and flourishing than they are at this very day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book China of the Chinese  Classic Reprint

Download or read book China of the Chinese Classic Reprint written by E. T. C. Werner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from China of the Chinese The above general plan, with its broad outlines, represents neither the popular nor the academical method of viewing Chinese history. The former pictures a misty past, in which figures of the great Patriarchs and great Sages, the Builder Of the Great Wall and Burner of Books, with here and there a chivalrous hero, are dimly discerned, and later epochs, of which the knowledge is also misty, known as Augustan Ages of Chinese literature and poetry, all of which are completely overshadowed by the modern periods of foreign intercourse and foreign wars, openings for trade and robbing of territory which, though of historical value, are accorded too large a space in the picture to constitute it a properly proportioned representation of the whole of Chinese history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Tariff Problem in China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Tariff Problem in China Classic Reprint written by Chin Chu and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Tariff Problem in China The purpose Of this work is two-fold. In the first place, it is designed to draw attention to the fact that the re vision of tariff treaties is one of the engrossing ques tions in China. Being deprived of tariff protection, having been subjected to unfavorable and unjust commercial regu lations, many industries in China are deranged to such an extent that the general condition is deplorable. To the United States alone China can look for justice and sym pathy. As a result of the proclamation of the open door policy by the Secretary John Hay, of the returning of the Boxer indemnity to China by ex-president Roosevelt and of the first recognition of the Chinese Republic by President Wilson, this country has earned the good-will of the Chinese people. To the extent that this great Republic stands for peace and justice, it is to her interest to see that the younger Republic on the other side of the world shall be freed from the onerous and humiliating treaty provisions which have been brought about chie y by military coercion. In the second place, the monograph is a part of a larger volume which is in preparation for publication in the Chinese language, with a view to showing the Chinese government and people how far they themselves. Have been responsible for such unreasonable arrangements in the past, to what extent they may expect their removal at present and what should be China's economic policy in the near future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Book The Currency Problem in China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Currency Problem in China Classic Reprint written by Wen Pin Wei and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Currency Problem in China Mitchell for the painstaking care with which he has helped me to make this monograph readable and to get it through the press. His many suggestions, as to both matter and form, have without exception been incorporated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Re Making of China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Re Making of China Classic Reprint written by Adolf S. Waley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Re-Making of China This little book, which I offer to the public, in no way presumes to compete with the several excellent works upon China which have recently appeared, and from which I have occasionally quoted. It is merely the outcome of the very close study I have bestowed upon the problems so interesting and absorbing which the recent changes in that country have brought into prominence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Twenty one Demands

Download or read book The Twenty one Demands written by Ge-Zay Wood and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Old China  Classic Reprint

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Lamb
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-02-21
  • ISBN : 9780243470884
  • Pages : 26 pages

Download or read book Old China Classic Reprint written by Charles Lamb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old China Here, a cow and rabbit couchant, and coextensive so objects show, seen through the lucid atmosphere of fine Cathay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Heart of China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Heart of China Classic Reprint written by Oliver Bainbridge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heart of China It is an ancient custom among the Chinese for the ruler and the heads of each province to take the field at the beginning of Spring, not as warriors, but as farmers, and turn three furrows as an example to the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Blue and White China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Blue and White China Classic Reprint written by Alexander T. Hollingsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Blue and White China About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Truth about China and Japan  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Truth about China and Japan Classic Reprint written by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Truth About China and Japan The present volume carries the writer's studies regarding the problem of the Far East one step further. It has been written primarily to allow the ordinary reader to see at a glance what the position really is today in Eastern Asia, and to explain precisely why there should be conflict between China and Japan. The essential point - which the writer first insisted upon at great length in 'the Fight for the Republic in China' - is that Japan has a double policy, one policy for the East and another for the West; that she uses military power and secret loans to advance the first, and diplomacy and publicity the second; and that this intricate matter can be understood only by exploring the history of the remote past. The writer's thanks are due to the publishers of the magazine Asia for permission to reprint these essays in book-form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Home Life in China  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Home Life in China Classic Reprint written by Isaac Taylor Headland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Home Life in China In this study of Chinese Home Life I have not sought things to criticize I have not hunted for comparisons with our own which might appear often as odious to us as to them I have not tried to find things to commend I have simply tried to find them and tell them as they are. But I have always done it in a kindly spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.