by that of Germany that it had leased from His Majesty the Emperor of China the port ... insured by treaties with China to citizens of the United States would ... in China the undoubted benefits which should accrue from a formal recognition ...

for good measure. Nonetheless this book has an unmistakable China focus, ... surpassing the West economically and militarily, to include maritime affairs” ... are already concentrated in Northeast Asia (South Korea, Japan, and China ...