China entered the New Year boldly last week, put into effect without warning a new tariff estimated to increase the living costs of foreigners in China by 30%.
They will have to pay dear for whiskey, wines, silks, jewelry and beer. The tariff on imported cigarets was upped some 600%, should prove prohibitive to all except Americans who must have Camels, Luckies etc.; Englishmen who must have Players, Abdullas. With great astuteness the Chinese Government upped their tariff so suddenly that the "foreign devils" had no chance to lay in advance supplies of...
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