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The Chinese Empire is rather larger than Europe. Being on the eastern side of a great continent, it has the same extremes of climate as are to be found in the United States. Fruits, flowers, and crops vary in like manner. Peking is on about the same parallel as Madrid, Chungking as Cairo, Shanghai as Madeira. The population of China is over 385 millions. That of the British Isles in 1891 not quite 38 millions. That of France in 1896 38½ millions. One alone of China's eighteen provinces, Kiangsu, has over 39½ millions. The Russian nation, already extending over one-sixth of the globe, while China only extends over a little more than one-twelfth, musters little over 129 millions, and thus has about one-third of the Chinese population, with about twice its territory to stretch itself in. There is no Poor Law in China. There are no Sundays. It is considered very unwomanly not to wear trousers, and very indelicate for a man not to have skirts to his coat; consequently our European dress is reckoned by Chinese as indecorous. Chinese begin dinner with dessert or Russian sakouska, and finish with hot soup instead of hot coffee. Their cooks are second only to the French; their serving-men surpass the Germans. Chinese love children; are ready to work day and night for their masters; and if occasion demand, to be beaten in their place, or even, if needs be, to die for them. In fine, although in all details unlike ourselves, a great race, with some magnificent qualities. 7, Park Place, St. James's, S.W.
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中國帝國的面積比歐洲稍大。
由於位於大陸的東側，其氣候極端與美國相似。
水果、花卉和農作物也以類似的方式變化。
北京（Peking）大致與馬德里（Madrid）位於同一緯度，重慶（Chungking）與開羅（Cairo）相同，上海（Shanghai）與馬德拉（Madeira）相同。
中國的人口超過3.85億。
1891年英國群島的人口不到3800萬。
1896年法國的人口為3850萬。
中國十八個省份之一的江蘇省（Kiangsu）人口超過3950萬。
俄羅斯的國土已經佔全球六分之一，而中國的國土僅超過全球的十二分之一，人口略超過1.29億，因此擁有約三分之一的中國人口，但其領土面積約為中國的兩倍。
中國沒有救濟法（Poor Law）。沒有星期天。
不穿褲子被認為是非常不合禮儀的，而男人不穿長袍則被認為非常不雅；因此我們的歐洲服裝被中國人認為是不合禮儀的。
中國人以甜點或俄羅斯沙拉開始晚餐，以熱湯代替熱咖啡結束。
他們的廚師僅次於法國廚師；他們的侍者超過德國侍者。