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Peking - China.
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The summer
of the year 1900.
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The rains are late,
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the crops have failed,
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a hundred million
Chinese are hungry
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and a violent wind
of discontent
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disturbs the land.
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Within the foreign compound
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a thousand foreigners
live and work,
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citizens of a dozen
far-off nations.
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Priests and missionaries,
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bankers and businessmen,
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engineers and adventurers,
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diplomats,
soldiers and students...
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People with families, homes,
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jobs.
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Many have lived here
a lifetime and feel secure
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as they go about
their daily routine.
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What is
that terrible noise?
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Different nations
saying the same thing,
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We want China.
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Sha-shao!
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Separated from the compound
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by only
a wall and a gate,
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is the Forbidden City.
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Here, in untouchable isolation
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lives the Dowager Empress,
last of the Manchus.
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Protected by
an army of eunuchs,
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she holds court
and confers with her ministers,
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mandarins and generals.
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