Excerpt from Modern Constitutional Development in China The material for the first two chapters has been drawn largely from such authoritative secondary works as H. B. Morse's International Relations of the Chinese Empire, Smith's China in Convulsion, and China under the Empress Dowager, by Bland and Backhouse (1910 edition). The succeeding chapters have been written from a study of the documents, and from knowledge of the situation gained dur ing residence in China. Where the interpretation of a fact or event has been given in the form of a quotation, it has been because the words quoted have expressed the point of View of the present writer. 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.