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A letter to the editor and an answer to it are presented as of May 15, 1971 in response to an article featuring the former palace of Buddhist leader Dalai Lama in Lhasa, China.

The article presents the author's opinion on political and social topics as of October 1, 1970. The author focuses on the U.S. federal bureaucracy with attention paid to the fact that U.S. Presidents as well as U.S. citizens have difficulties to communicate their ideas to Government. Topics include the tension between Russia and China, a comment from U.S. President Richard Nixon concerning criminal Charles Manson, and a piece of advice from impressionist Camille Pissarro to his son.

The article describes the political situation in China through the perspective of the author who was doing business in the country. In the past 12 years from 1927, foreign trade in China increased 300 per cent despite its civil war. Troops headed by Chang Tso Lin was trying to displace the Cantonese from Hankow. The author reveals a private account of Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugen Chen who approached Americans in order that they may resume business and open up factories in starving areas.

The article discusses the impact of Chinese businessmen on the commerce in the Philippines as of October 15, 1950. Topics include their purchase of metal coinage during the currency changes decreed by the Central bank of the Philippines, their dollar smuggling which resulted in black market in U.S. dollars, as well as their control of U.S. imported goods.

The article discusses China's program of reconstruction after World War II. The reconstruction plan was formulated by the father of Republican China, Doctor Sun Yat Sen in 1924 and is known as the oldest post-war plan. It included public works, railways and highways and the development of hydroelectric power. The plan also included building factories in all parts of China to provide industrial employment.

The article discusses the effect of national movements toward economic self-sufficiency on the value of exports from the United States in 1931. Topics mentioned include statistics for American exports in 1914, 1930, and 1931, the statement of the Indian Merchants' Chamber commercial association urging consumers in India to buy only Indian-made products, and the establishment of a central planning commission in China after the Soviet model.

The article examines U.S. export trade focusing on Far Eastern trade as of March 15, 1930. Attention is paid to the export of manufactured goods such as electrical equipment, the export of tin and rubber to southeastern Asia including China, Japan, and Australia. The business conditions in China focusing on Shanghai and Manchuria, as well as the development of the textile industry are also discussed. The economic conditions in Japan are addressed as well.