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Excerpt from The Foreign Relations of the United States, Vol. 2: 3. Future Relations With the Far East; 4. Investments and Concessions as Causes of International Conflict
Side by side with the growth of foreign trade has been the progress Of industrial development. Many parts of China are dotted with mines operated by scientific methods and factories equipped with modern machinery. In a great number Of the larger cities the aspect is much like the busy manufacturing centres in the United States; there, as here, the blue of the sky is soiled by the clouds Of smoke emitted incessantly from the chimneys Of big factories, and the still air is disturbed by the hum of machinery, the scream of whistles, the roar of trains, and all the voices of progress familiar to you.
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