. A complete geography . Fig. Chinese pagoda or temple. 494 ASIA said that three hundred thousand people, or one-eighth of tlie inhabi-tants, live in boats moored in the river. HoNGKOXG (Fig. 505), an island which commands the approachto Canton, belongs to the British. To Hongkong many of theproducts of China are sent for export to Europe and America. Itis therefore a very busy place. Hankau and Wuchang, on oppo-site sides of the Yangtse-kiang River, are important river ports fortea. As in the case of most Chinese cities, the number of inhabi-tants is uncertain. For example, by some esti
. A complete geography . Fig. Chinese pagoda or temple. 494 ASIA said that three hundred thousand people, or one-eighth of tlie inhabi-tants, live in boats moored in the river. HoNGKOXG (Fig. 505), an island which commands the approachto Canton, belongs to the British. To Hongkong many of theproducts of China are sent for export to Europe and America. Itis therefore a very busy place. Hankau and Wuchang, on oppo-site sides of the Yangtse-kiang River, are important river ports fortea. As in the case of most Chinese cities, the number of inhabi-tants is uncertain. For example, by some estimates Hankau has apopulation of a million and a half, by others, only eight Fig. harbor of Hongkong The treaty port ^ of Shanghai is another large city ; but Tien-tsin, the port nearest Peking, and the northern terminus of the GrandCanal, is still larger, having a population of about a million. It wasfrom this point that the allied forces started, in 1900, to relieve theforeigners who were besieged in Peking by the Chinese Boxers. Peking, the capital of China, is situated on a broad, sandy has been the capital of a kingdom for three thousand jeavs and ofthe Chinese Empire for over eight centuries. This city, like othersin China, is surrounded by a high wall with gates that are closed at 1 Foreigners are not allowed to trade in all Chinese cities, and those ports wherethis privilege is allowed by treaty are called Treaty Ports. JAPAN 495 night, as of old in Europe. It is a rectangular city, with one portionreserved for the gardens and palaces of the imperial part is known as the- Forbidden City, because the Chinesegovernment re
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