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the Chinese towns and fortresses. But now all is changed. The Chinese artisane, coolies, and boatmen
-refuse all offers of pay to do.. amy
work whatsoever for them French shipe at Hongkong. The - truth is that, during the last twenty-five years, the establishment of a vernacular Press; the
up of a rapid
opening
communication
of the
between the North and South
Empire by
muans
of steamers and
telegraphs; and perhaps above all,
the irritating and yet indecisive
hostilities
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hostilities of the French at various
-points along the coast; - all these
have combined with other causes to
awaken a common
national spirit.
in a people of three hundred (300) -millions; a spirit which cannot fail, at no remote period, to exercise a powerful influence, not only over this part of the Eastern world, which contains one fourth of the human race, but also over the diplomatic and commercial relations of China with all European
countries.