THE MAP OF CHINA / La carte de la Chine PREFACE / Preface LATE QING RULERS / Fin du regne des Qing THE LAST EMPERORS / Les demiers empereurs THE MANDARINS / Les mandarins THE BANNER ARMIES / Les armies de bannire THE POLICE / La police CITIES / Villes HONG KONG / Hongkong TSINGTAO (QINGDAO) / Tsingtao (Qingdao) WUHAN / Wuhan. SOOCHOW (SUZHOU) / Suzhou MACAO (AOMEN) / Macao (Aomen) PEKING (BEIJING) / Pekin (Beijing) DAIREN (DALIAN) / Dairen (Dalian) CANTON (GUANGZHOU) / Canton (Guangzhou) LAN TCHEOU (LANZHOU) / Lan Tcheou (Lanzhou) WEIHAI / Weihai SHANGHAI / Shanghai TIENTSIN (TIANJIN) / Tientsin (Tianjin) NANKING (NANJING) / Nankin (Nanjing) CHEFOO (YANTAI) / Chefoo (Yantai) HARBIN (HAERBIN) / Harbin (Haerbin) YuNNANFU (KUNMING) / Yunnanfu (Kunming) AMOY (XIAMEN) / Amoy (Xiamen) DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE / Petits metiers COMMERCE AND MONEY / Commerce et la monnaie MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION / Moyens de transport EVERYDAY LIFE / Le quotidien THE PEOPLE / La population CHINESE WEDDING / Le mariage traditionnel CHINESE FUNERAL / Les run,failles CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE / La medecine chinoise THE PRACTICE OF FOOT BINDING / La coutume des pieds bandes EDUCATION / Education ENTERTAINMENT / Les loisirs RELIGION/La religion YEARS OF TURBULENCE / Les annees de turbulence OPIUM / L'Opium BOXERS / Les Boxeurs A REVOLUTION YET TO BE COMPLETED / Une revolution a poursuivre FOREIGN TROOPS / Les troupes etrangeres APPENDIX / Appendice