Life Among the Chinese: With Characteristic Sketches and Incidents of Missionary Operations and Prospects in China

Excerpt from Life Among the Chinese: With Characteristic Sketches and Incidents of Missionary Operations and Prospects in China

The important events which have transpired in China during the past few years have awakened, both in Europe and the United States, an unprecedented interest with reference to that ancient and remarkable empire.

In the spring of 1858 the government of China formed treaties of amity and commerce with the respective governments of England, France, Russia, and the United States. The provisions of these treaties are of the most liberal character, and initiate a new and most auspicious era in foreign intercourse with China.

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