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Show FOREIGNERS IN CHINA ON INCREASE Foreign firms and the foreign population of China are increasing perceptibly. The American population popula-tion increased in 1917 by 10 A per cent over the previous year, and American Am-erican firms from 187 to 216; Japanese Japan-ese advanced from 104,275 persona to 144,492, and the number of Japanese Jap-anese 'firms increased during the year to 960; the Russian population decreased by 3,925, but firms increased in-creased to 1,492; the' British population, popu-lation, but British firms increased by ll. There was a total Increase over 1916 of 34,872 in the foreign population of China last year, and of 2,331 firms. |