Abstract

China

The article presents information on two books "China's Millions," Anna Louise Strong and "The Soul of China," by Richard Wilhelm. Wilhelm went to China before the Boxer uprising and stayed for a quarter of a century. He became intimate with retired princes and Taoist priests; he steeped himself in Chinese philosophy and occultism; he emerged with a profound respect for Chinese tradition and character. Anna Louise Strong went to China in the excited Bummer of 1927, hurried upriver to Hankow when most foreigners were fleeing downstream, talked with Borodin, the Russian adviser of the radical Wuhan Government, traveled into Hunan, where the peasant unions were reported to be on a murderous rampage; then, when Borodin and the Russians had to leave, she traveled with them, by automobile, across northwest China and Mongolia.