The International Development of China

The International Development of China, by Yat-sen Sun, comes with 16 maps in the text and a folding map at end. The preface says the writer began the study as soon as Armistice was declared in the recent World War, prompted by the desire to contribute a humble part in the realization of world peace. The preface describes China as a country possessing a territory of 4,289,000 square miles and a population of 400,000,000 people.

Program I includes the construction of a great Northern Port on the Gulf of Pechili, the colonization of Mongolia and Sinkiang, and the development of the Iron and Coal fields in Shansi, and its five projects will be worked out as one program. A list of lines under the Central Railway System includes the Nanking-Hankow line, the Sian-Tatung line and the Sian-Ninghsia line. The text also gives articles of a Preliminary Agreement, one saying that, with a view to encouraging Chinese industries, Chinese materials are to be preferred, provided price and quality are suitable.