Medhsarst tells us that "honesty is by no means a rare virtue. " and that ie Chinese boy. in this quality. "will match. if well treated. with any servant in the world." These are all persons who have dwelt in China. the highest authorityThat for thirty years he lost nothing by theft in China but a small revolver. that the Chinese tke no such precautions as we do against fraud in dealing wit. each other. that large sums are constantlyintrusted to native hands in the transactions of the interior. where the temptation to embezzlement is very great. It is well known that Chinese merchants do not generally give nor require written agreements iu their dealings with foreigners. Objects of valie are exposed for sale as it would not be possible to do in England. and lines of Coolies carry DmoeV freely through the streets without protection from police. Soarth stales that not more than t per cent. of the tea bought at Canton was examined by the buyers. Davis describes the public porters as so trustworthy that "not a single article was lost by the British embassies in all the distance between the northern and south era extremes of the empire."
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about Chinese honesty and trustworthiness.