Foreign Rights And Interests In China Classic Reprint

Author : Westel W. Willoughby
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330176771
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Rights and Interests in China written by Westel W. Willoughby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Foreign Rights and Interests in China The purpose of this volume is to provide a statement of the rights of foreigners and the interests of foreign States in China as they are to be found stated in treaties with or relating to China or in other documents of an official or quasi-official character. Viewed from the other side, the account will exhibit the limitations under which the Chinese Government is compelled to act not only with regard to matters of international obligation but as to matters which, in countries more fortunately circumstanced, are of purely domestic concern. Whether the purpose of the volume has been satisfactorily achieved, the reader will determine, but that there is a pressing need for a work that will furnish an explanation and definite statement of the rights and interests which the Treaty Powers and their nationals have obtained in China, few will question. Anyone who has been in China, or has had business interests with that country, or has sought to gain an understanding of the conflict of national interests in the Far East, will testify to the urgency of this need. This is not to say, however, that there are not already books which deal with many of these topics. There are such treatises, and among them, especially deserving mention, aTe: H. B. Morse's The Trade and Administration of China, 2d ed., published in 1913, and his three volumes on Foreign Relations of the Chinese Empire, 1884-1911; V. K. Wellington Koo's The Status of Aliens in China, published in 1912; T. R. Jemigan's China in Law and Commerce, published in 1905; T. W. Overlach's Foreign Financial Control in China, published in 1919; and M. T. Z. Tyau's The Legal Obligations Arising out of Treaty Relations between China and Other States, published in 1917. From these volumes the author has derived the greatest aid. It will appear, however, that he has explained many matters Which are not discussed by these earlier writers, and, of course, there has been opportunity to deal with the important developments of the last few years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.