ACHEENSK, gold workings at, 171
Agriculture in China, 45; in Siberia,
151
Alexis, Emperor of Russia, embassy
sent to China by, 278
Altai Mountains, ironstone found in, 158
America, 265, 266; proposal for float-
ing Russian loans in, 262; present
relations with China, 282; sugges-
tions for treaty over China with Great
Britain, 286; missions in China, 72;
mission school in Singapore, 76
American Syndicate, railway scheme
of, 64
Amur River, 159, 171, 278
Angara River, 136, 159, 178
Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., ice-
breaker ordered by Russia from, 179
Beggars in Mongolia, 112
Belgian Syndicate, 63, 69
Bogdanovich, Colonel, 168
Britain relations with the Chinese in
the Straits Settlements and the Malay
Peninsula, 49, 50; What should she
do in the Far East? 286-289; sugges-
tions for treaties with Russia or
America, 286; Chinese foreign trade
mostly in the hands of, 283
British Legation in Peking, 12
British officers learning Chinese, privi-
leges of, 19
Buriats, condition of the, 91
Canton compared to Peking, I; pro-
posed railway to, 67
Ch'a-tao, 33
Chaukia-how. See Kalgan
Cheliabinsk, 167, 168, 170; favourable
position for trade, 222
Chichmareff, M., Russian consul in
Ourga, 118, 201
Chifu, 3
Chi-ming-i, coal-mines at, 37
China area and population, 44; coin-
age of, 47; cost of living, 47; exten-
sion of under-sea cable to, 197; im-
portance of internal trade, 29; defec-
tive transport for, 48; mineral wealth
of, 38, 46; nominal influence in Mon-
golia of, 90; railways, see Railways;
religion, 45; roads, 36; trade, internal,
37, 45, 48; trade, foreign, 283. Weak-
ness of, 258, 275; geographical isola-
tion, 276; the real ruler of, 277; first
relations of Russia with, 278 ; invaded
by French and English, 279; present
relations with European Powers, 280;
foreign trade mostly in British hands,
283; suggestions for dealing with the
present crisis in, 285-292
Chinese, characteristics of, 39, 40, 46,
49, 56, 276
Chinese officials, grudging help given
by, 40, 42
Ching-Kiang, 67
Chitai, 182
Christianity in China, 45, 72-78
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