PREFACE 5
PART ONE：CHINA 11
Ⅰ The Course of Western Enterprise 13
Ⅱ The Western Merchant in China 31
Ⅲ The Organisation of the Export Trade：Tea and Silk 52
Ⅳ The Organisation of the Export Trade：Miscellaneous Goods 69
Ⅴ The Organisation of the Import Trade 90
Ⅵ Banking and Insurance 102
Ⅶ Western Shipping in China Waters 123
Ⅷ Railways，Civil Aviation and Public Utilities 133
Ⅸ Mining 149
Ⅹ The Factory Industries 165
PART TWO：JAPAN 183
Ⅺ The Modernisation of the Economy 185
Ⅻ The Western Merchant in Japan 196
ⅩⅢ Banking and Communications 211
ⅩⅣ Manufacturing Industry and Capital Investment 223
ⅩⅤ Summary and Conclusions 241
APPENDICES 255
A．China＇s Foreign Trade 257
B．Foreign Investments in China 262
C．Foreign Investments in Japan 264
D．Open Ports，Foreign Settlements and Concessions in China 265
E．A Note on Telegraphic Communications 269
F．A Note on Foreign Residents and Experts in Japan during the early period of Westernisation 270
G．Bibliography 272
(1) China 272
(2) Japan 278
MAPS 280
1．China 280
2．Japan 281
INDEX 283