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China’s Move Toward Representative Government

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 19, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 3.

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China’s Move Toward Representative Government

CHINA has taken the second step toward representative government. The first was taken some twelve months ago, when the provincial assemblies were formed. Now the second body, called the Imperial Assembly, and containing the nucleus of a future parliament, has been organized. Its duty will be to prepare for larger popular liberties in the future. For the present, these two assemblies are drawn from the ranks of the aristocracy and the official classes; but it is foreshadowed that, in a few years, the people of China will be experiencing the fact of an elective parliament. The remodeling of the empire upon Western lines must affect the politics of the whole wide world. In a very special manner, this is a golden opportunity for the advancement of the kingdom of God in these vast dominions.—Missionary Review.