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ATMOSPHERE SEEMED MORE RELAXED AND CONFIDENT.
THE FREE MARKETS WERE SPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE THERE WERE MORE VESTIGES OF THE OLD STYLE BUREAUCRACY IN XIAN THAN IN BUSTLING CANTON AND IN MODERN CHENGDU.
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DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA LORD GLENARTHUR HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE SIZE, DIVERSITY, CURRENT AMBITIONS AND ENTHUSIASMS OF THIS COUNTRY. FROM THE POINT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THIS EMBASSY
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AND THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THE VISIT MUST BE ACCOUNTED A DISTINCT PLUS. I HOPE THAT THE VISIT AS A WHOLE WILL HAVE HELPED LORD GLENARTHUR BETTER TO UNDERSTAND CHINESE ATTITUDES TOWARDS HONG KONG AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD IN GENERAL.
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