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The Most Tremendous Moral Achievement of Recent Times
A Lesson for America
Putting Officials on Salaries
Money Changers and Title Changers
Making Education Practical
The Parcels Post and Tariff Reform.

XI. The New China: Awake and at Work 102

The Coming National Parliament
The Successful War Against Opium
China's Right-about-face in Education
Building Up an Army
Attacking the Graft System
Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs
America's Relations with China.

XII. A Trip into Rural China 116

The Camels from Mongolia
Strange Traffic and Travel in Nankou Pass
The Great Wall of China
Surprisingly Progressive Farming Methods.

XIII. From Peking to the Yangtze-Kiang 123

Street Life in Peking
History That Is History
Martyrdoms That Have Enriched the World
Average Wages 15 to 18 Cents a Day
Homes Without Firesides
All China a Vast Cemetery
Keeping on Good Terms with Dragons
The Blessings of Our Alphabet
Confucius as a Moral Teacher
My Friendship with a Descendant of Confucius.

XIV. Sidelights on Chinese Character and Industry 132

Healthy Public Sentiment
Slavery and Foot-binding Still Practised
"Big Feet No B'long Pretty"
The Popularity of a No. 2 Wife
The Virtue That Is Next to Godliness Largely Disregarded
Some Discredited Americans Discovered Abroad
A 600-Mile Trip on the Yangtze {xiv} River
An Interview with Wu Ting Fang
Farming on the Yangtze
Shanghai Factory Laborers Paid 12 Cents a Day.

XV. Farewell to China 142

A City of 2,000,000 People Without a Vehicle
A Dead Chinaman More Important and Respected Than a Live One
Queer Features of Chinese Funerals
Cruelty of Chinese Punishments
A Sample of Chinese Humor: The Story of the Magic Jar
Amusing Trials of a Land Buyer
"Pidgin English"
Everything Is Saved
The Influence That Is Remaking China.

XVI. What I Saw in the Philippines 153

In Manila
A Trip Through Five Provinces
What the Philippine Country Looks Like
Every Filipino Has Cigarette and a Clean Suit
A Mania for Cock-fighting
Snapshots of Philippine Life
Labor the One Thing Lacking.

XVII. What the United States Is Doing in the Philippines 163

Thirty Thousand White People and 7,000,000 Filipinos
Rich Resources and Varied Products
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