Re the maxim that the word of a Chinese man is as good as his bond: That might have been in the old days, but not since the missionaries and businessmen come in. Chinese are just as human as anybody now.


in Alex Ayres, ed., The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers [1993]


Re the maxim that the word of a Chinese man is as good as his bond: That might have been in the old days, but not since the missionaries and...

Re the maxim that the word of a Chinese man is as good as his bond: That might have been in the old days, but not since the missionaries and...

Re the maxim that the word of a Chinese man is as good as his bond: That might have been in the old days, but not since the missionaries and...

Re the maxim that the word of a Chinese man is as good as his bond: That might have been in the old days, but not since the missionaries and...