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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
LONDON THROUGH CHINESE EYES BY MIN-CHIEN T Z. TYAU OR MY SEVEN AND
A HALF YEARS IN LONDON FOREWORD In dedicating the present volume to
the British People a word or two seems not unnecessary We have
called it London through Chinese Eyes or My Seven and a half Years
in London but there is no pretence whatsoever at discussion of
serious or weighty subjects affecting politics, industry, commerce,
etc The chapters here deal only with superficial topics and repre
sent merely ones impressions and reminiscences The best title to
this volume is the Chinese legend to be read vertically from top
downwards: Liu Ying Kuan Kuei Chi, which literally means looking at
London through the opening of a bamboo pole We started to write
soon after we had returned from England and succeeded in getting
through Chapter XVIII before we had to leave the quiet atmosphere
of Tsing Hua College for the more exciting task of starting a
Chinese daily newspaper in the English language. That caused an
interruption of eighteen months, since a journalists life is never
one of ease and luxury But the continuance of the submarine warfare
has also been responsible for this delay: we sent off the first
half of our MS to the publishers in December 1917, but their letter
of acknow ledgment never arrived in Peking until November 1918,
although it was dated February of that year This change of
profession during the intervening period is therefore responsible
for the I in the first half of the book and the habitual editorial
We in the latter half. We have to express our indebtedness to His
Excellency Sir John Newell Jordan, His Britannic Majestys Minister
in Peking since 1906, who has been in China for over forty years
and therefore one of the Republics best friends j to Miss Kong Sing
for supplying the illustrations and to Messrs Headley Brothers for
doing the entire publication as well as proof reading. M. T Z. X
Peking Leader, Peking, China, August 4th, 1919 PREFACE The Author
of London through Chinese Eyes is one of the brilliant band of
young Chinese who have not only passed through a University course
in England with great credit and marked success, but who have
entered fully into the spirit of our social life and national
institutions .All Chinese who have studied abroad are popularly
known in China as Returned Students of whom there are now many
thousands engaged in high and responsible work all over this vast
country and to whom their compatriots generally look for national
uplift and regeneration, America has been especially active and
successful in promoting Chinese education, but no country can claim
a monopoly of furthering a cause to which all have made valuable
contributions. American and English trained students are to be
found in every department of the Government: students who have
received their education in France or Belgium are almost equally
pro minent in public life: and amongst the Japanese students is the
distinguished Governor of Shansi who has shown what a Chinese
province can become under modern administrative methods wisely and
justly applied.
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