CONTENTS

[I.]China’s Predicament[9]
[II.]The Golden Opium Days[20]
[III.]A Glimpse Into an Opium Province[53]
[IV.]China’s Sincerity[70]
[V.]Sowing the Wind in China—Shanghai[101]
[VI.]Sowing the Wind in China—Tientsin and Hongkong [129]
[VII.]How British Chickens Came Home to Roost[154]
[VIII.]The Position of Great Britain[178]
Appendix[204]