The trade of the world . THE TRADE OF CHINA 273 strange environment. There will be no hasty trans-formation scene in China, and he who stakes his allnpon such will be lost in the waiting. As the tidesalone move the vast bulk of the ocean, so it is thatonly great stirrings from within will move theChinese nation to mark new paths for the goingsand comings of the people. To gain a general idea of the physical characterof China is easy, for in many ways it resemblesNorth America. The deserts, the vast plains, andthe mountains of the North are found in both coun-tries. The fertile arable land lies
The trade of the world . THE TRADE OF CHINA 273 strange environment. There will be no hasty trans-formation scene in China, and he who stakes his allnpon such will be lost in the waiting. As the tidesalone move the vast bulk of the ocean, so it is thatonly great stirrings from within will move theChinese nation to mark new paths for the goingsand comings of the people. To gain a general idea of the physical characterof China is easy, for in many ways it resemblesNorth America. The deserts, the vast plains, andthe mountains of the North are found in both coun-tries. The fertile arable land lies along the middlebelt and far to the south, as in the United river systems divide the country into manynatural drainage zones, and the range of climate ismuch the same as in America. Given these likeconditions, we find like natural resources and a likeproductive power. This comparison is near enoughto the truth to serve for all those who cannot seethe land for themselves. But here the comparison ends. Imagin
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