Excerpt from Recent Developments in China When the Pacific Era shall have become an accomplished fact, the influence of the orient as a whole, and Of China in particular, will be increasingly great. Even at present the majority of the vital diplomatic questions which have been before the American Government during the past decade, have been issues concerning the Pacific. But the Far East is bound to affect our country not merely in its diplomacy, but in its trade, its industry, its education and its modes Of thought. The revolution in China deserves our most earnest study, not only because, if successful, this re-crea tion Of one Of the most numerous and the most able peoples Of the globe will take its place in history as a world event Of lasting importance, but also because it will exert a marked influence upon our own country as a neighboring Pacific power. 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.