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Show IPoputuu China. The population of tho Chlneso empire em-pire l largely a matter of estimate There has never been such census of the craplro as that which Is taken every decade In this country. Hut the estimate of tho Almanach de Cotha for 1900 mny bo taken as fairly reliable. According to that ostlmate, the population of tho empire Is, In round numbers, about 400,000,000. It is probably safo to say that It tho human beings on earth were stood up In Una every fourth one would bo a Chinaman. |