ARNOLD, Julean (comp.).

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China Through the American Window. First edition, first printing, compiled by the US Chamber of Commerce's commercial attache in Shanghai. In his view, strengthened trade relationships between America and China could counteract the adverse effects of the Great Depression. Sections present a wealth of statistical information alongside attractive vignettes and bilingual text.Julean Herbert Arnold (1875-1946) served the American business community in China for several decades and was an authority on the country. In 1926, he published a 20-page pamphlet, Salient Facts About China, which formed the basis of this more extensive work. No less a personage than Hu Shih wrote the preface to Arnold's Some Bigger Issues in China's Problems (1928).

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