One of the hardest worked men in the i. world is the Emperor of China, who, according to a curious custom, turns day into ' night. Some of the most important events ' in his daily programme take place after midnight, and he frequently receives visi--3 tors by appointment at three and four i. o'clock in the morning. When Li Hung 3 Chang returned to Pekin from his tour I'ound the world, the Emperor received hin: and heard his reports between four ancl five o'clock the next morning. He has s often received Ambassadors *" at simila' .' hours.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6064, 30 December 1897, Page 3
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