China and the Chinese
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China and the Chinese

By Herbert Allen GilesNarrated by Thomas Collins
Length4h 27m

About this audiobook

If the Chinese people were to file one by one past a given point, the interesting procession would never come to an end. Before the last man of those living to-day had gone by, another and a new generation would have grown up, and so on for ever and ever. The importance, as a factor in the sum of human affairs, of this vast nation,—of its language, of its literature, of its religions, of its history, of its manners and customs,—goes therefore without saying. Yet a serious attention to China and her affairs is of very recent growth. Twenty-five years ago there was but one professor of Chinese in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and even that one spent his time more in adorning his profession than in imparting his knowledge to classes of eager students.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★ 3.4 (182)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing
GenrePolitics and Government
Length4 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byThomas Collins
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 28, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Preface - China and the Chinese
2Chapter 1 - China and the Chinese
3Chapter 2 - China and the Chinese
4Chapter 3 - China and the Chinese
5Chapter 4 - China and the Chinese
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6Chapter 5 - China and the Chinese
7Chapter 6 - China and the Chinese

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