ABSTRACT
The methods of economic imperialism which have been perfected by the more industrialized nations of the West have been taken over in recent years by Japan and applied very thoroughly in her dealings with China. In this action Japan has aroused the enmity not only of Chinese but also of other foreigners in China. It will be convenient to give a rough classification of the methods of economic imperialism in China, the order corresponding in a general way to the actual developments in history. Britain's record first in forcing China to receive opium and then in bringing the evil traffic to an end has already been mentioned. Those who look upon China mainly as markets are very critical of this second act which they maintain were a piece of foolish idealism pressed by a few misguided faddists. Finally it shows that there is yet another section of opinion in Japan, utterly opposed to the idea of the Black Dragon Society.
