As to the yet neutral markets, China will never be a serious customer to Europe: she can produce much cheaper at home; and when she begins to feel a need for goods of European patterns, she will produce them herself.
Kropotkin argues that China will not rely on European goods as it can produce them more cheaply at home.
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