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China Worlds Biggest Customer

The Pacific Story · November 4, 1945 · 28 min · 4,556 words

The transcript of “China Worlds Biggest Customer”, an episode of The Pacific Story first broadcast November 4, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Pacific Story plays The Pacific Story free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The National Broadcasting Company had its affiliated independent stations present the Pacific story. This is the story of the Pacific, the drama of the millions of people who live around the Strait of Sea, where the United States is now committed to a long-term policy of securing the peace.

This is the background story of the events in the Pacific and their meaning to us and to the generations to come. China, the world's biggest customer. Look at these jewels and judge for yourself! It is unbelievable!

Look at those precious stones, these fabulous movies and suppliers and diamonds! China is a land of fabulous wealth and picturesque culture. It's wondrous past the glories of Greece and Arabia and Persia. It is unbelievable these tales do tell a far away China Marco Polo.

But look at the gems he brought back, priceless jewels. Tell us more of this one was bland Marco Polo. It is a land different from any of these eyes of other beheld. It is a land to stir the soul.

The people are streamed and they have conjured up cunning inventions, and their customs are fascinating beyond any imagination. That's where the story is brought back by Marco Polo. And on these, the Western world built its first impressions of China and the Far East.

The western world dreamed of trade, of incredible riches, to come from dealing with these fabulous lands. And it was to find a short wait at China and the Indies that Columbus sailed westward more than four and a half centuries ago.

His destination was China, and to the end of his life he regretted. He had never set foot on the shores of the China Sea. China is potentially the greatest market in the world. Centuries westerners have seen its value.

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