The result of the Russia-Japan War is noticeably accelerating the new movement in China. The Chinese have been as much startled and impressed by the Japanese victory as the rest of the world and they are more and more disposed to follow the path which the Japanese have so successfully marked out. The considerations presented in this book are therefore even more true to-day than when they were first published. The problem of the future is plainly the problem of China and no thoughtful person can afford to be indifferent to the vast transformation which is taking place as the result of the operation of the great formative forces of the modern world. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Contents PART I OLD CHINA AND ITS PEOPLE I. THE ANCIENT EMPIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 II. DO WE RIGHTLY VIEW THE CHINESE . . . . . . 25 III. ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGNERS-CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 IV. A TYPICAL PROVINCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 V. A SHENDZA IN SHANTUNG. . . . . . . . . . . 52 VI. AT THE GRAVE OF CONFUCIUS. . . . . . . . . 65 VII. SOME EXPERIENCES OF A TRAVELLER-FEASTS, INNS AND SOLDIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 PART II THE COMMERCIAL FORCE AND THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION VIII. WORLD CONDITIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING CHINA101 IX. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION IN ASIA. . . . . .111 X. FOREIGN TRADE AND FOREIGN VICES. . . . . .121 XI. THE BUILDING OF RAILWAYS . . . . . . . . .130 PART III THE POLITICAL FORCE AND THE NATIONAL PROTEST XII. THE AGGRESSIONS OF EUROPEAN POWERS . . . .145 XIII. THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. . . . . . .154 XIV. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS-TREATIES. . . . . . .165 XV. RENEWED AGGRESSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . .174 XVI. GROWING IRRITATION OF THE CHINESE--THE REFORM PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 XVII. THE BOXER UPRISING . . . . . . . . . . .193 PART IV THE MISSIONARY FORCE AND THE CHINESE CHURCH XVIII. BEGINNINGS OF THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE--THE TAI-PING REBELLION AND THE LATER DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 XIX. MISSIONARIES AND NATIVE LAWSUITS . . . . .228 XX. MISSIONARIES AND THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS . .236 XXI. RESPONSIBILITY OF MISSIONARIES FOR THE BOXER UPRISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 XXII. THE CHINESE CHRISTIANS . . . . . . . . .268 XXIII. THE STRAIN OF READJUSTMENT TO CHANGED ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . .280 XXIV. COMITY AND COOPERATION . . . . . . . . .290 PART V THE FUTURE OF CHINA AND OUR RELATION TO IT XXV. IS THERE A YELLOW PERIL. . . . . . . . . .305 XXVI. FRESH REASON TO HATE THE FOREIGNER . . .320 XXVII. HOPEFUL SIGNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 XXVIII. THE PARAMOUNT DUTY OF CHRISTENDOM. . . . .351 INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371