Peking Dust. Ellen N. La Motte

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664626196

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       INTRODUCTION

       ACKNOWLEDGMENT

       PART I

       PEKING DUST

       I POOR OLD CHINA

       II PEKING

       III CIVILIZATION

       IV RACE ANTAGONISMS

       V SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

       VI ON THE SACREDNESS OF FOREIGNERS

       VII DONKEYS GENERALLY

       VIII ADVISERS AND ADVICE

       IX CHINESE HOUSES

       X HOW IT'S DONE IN CHINA

       XI THE LAO-HSI-KAI OUTRAGE

       XII THE LAO-HSI-KAI AFFAIR

       XIII THE LAO-HSI-KAI "INCIDENT"

       PART II

       I THE RETURN TO PEKING

       II THE OPIUM SCANDAL

       III THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

       IV CHINA'S COURSE CLEAR

       V FEAR OF THE PLUNGE

       VI A DUST-STORM

       VII A BOWL OF PORRIDGE

       VIII FROM A SCRAP-BOOK

       IX THE GERMAN REPLY

       X DUST AND GOSSIP

       XI DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BROKEN

       XII WALKING ON THE WALL

       XIII MEETING THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA

       XIV GREAT BRITAIN'S TWELVE DEMANDS

       XV CONCLUSION

       APPENDIXES

       APPENDIX I

       APPENDIX II

INTRODUCTION

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      Two classes of books are written about China by two classes of people. There are books written by people who have spent the night in China, as it were, superficial and amusing, full of the tinkling of temple bells; and there are other books written by people who have spent years in China and who know it well—ponderous books, full of absolute information, heavy and unreadable. Books of the first class get one nowhere. They are delightful and entertaining, but one feels their irresponsible authorship. Books of the second class get one nowhere, for one cannot read them; they are too didactic and dull. The only people who might read them do not read them, for they also are possessed of deep, fundamental knowledge of China, and their views agree in no slightest particular with the views set forth by the learned scholars and theorists.

      This book falls into neither of these two classes, except perhaps in the irresponsibility of its author. It is compounded of gossip—the flying gossip or dust of Peking. Take it lightly; blow off such dust as may happen to stick to you. For authentic information turn to the heavy volumes written by the acknowledged students of international politics.

      Ellen N. La Motte.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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      The writer wishes to thank the following friends who have been kind enough to lend the photographs used in the illustrations: Warren R. Austin, F. C. Hitchcock, Margaret Frieder, T. Severin and Rachel Snow.

PART I

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