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Show tittle Privacy In China. t Such a thing as a private house, in ) the sense that' It Is sedulously guard- ed from the outside world, Is unknown f to tho Chinese. Tho houses of the r common people aro so built that thoy k aro capable of accommodating a dozen families. When these are congested r togethor they make no attempt to con- w ceal their doings from oach other. I Questions that In any other country fc would bo discussed behind closed ' doors are talked about by the Chinese W before their neighbors, who will stand silently taking In every word that Is . said. The result Is that thnre are J no secrets in China. Evorybody 9 knows everything about everybody k else. Only the well-to-do ever dream & of having a house all to themselves, J and even then It is almost sure to be 9 sharod by near relatlvvs. |