Then it is a hard matter to find intelligent typesetters.
The editor, too, must be a man of business.

The paper is watched by spies of the Chinese Government, and if the editor expresses himself in any manner antagonistic to the Emperor or the Dowager Empress or any of the viceroys of the provinces, his head would be cut off if he ever ventured to set foot in China.

There is another obstacle in the way of a Chinese newspaper of liberal views, like the "Chung Sai Yat Po." It cannot get its type from China, as the Government is opposed to every reform paper.

The type for such a journal is cast in a Japanese foundry in Yokohama.

It is said that about ten thousand word-signs are used in the printing of the newspaper.