Correspondence on O'Malley's departure from Hankow and his replacement by Teichman; the question of allowing political refugees to remain in Hong Kong; emergency regulations issued by Clementi to control the activities of the Unions; reports on the trade and military situation, including the civil war in China; Clementi's continued support for force to be used against the 'Bolshevised South'; the British agreement over the concession at Kukiang; reports of the growing power struggle between the moderates and extremists in the Nationalist Government, and Chiang Kai-shek's outspoken criticism of the Communists; Anglo-Chinese nationality laws and the question of Chinese jurisdiction over British subjects; reports on Russian activities in Hankow; Chinese reports of speeches and interviews by various important figures in China, including H. H. Kung, T. V. Soong, Borodin and Sun Fo; reports on the closure of two large sugar refineries due to price undercutting by the Japanese; police reports on frontier incidents; the closure of the John G Kerr Hospital in Canton; the take-over of the Chinese Customs Administration in Kwangtung, and the attempt by a Chinese gunboat to search British vessels at Kongmoon.

Correspondents include L.S. Amery, Sir Miles Lampson, the Consul Generals at Shanghai and Hankow, O'Malley at Hankow, and the Commissioner of Customs at Kongmoon.