The Dowager Empress Drives China’s Course Again
Charles Johnston discusses the dowager empress Tshu-Chsi steering Qing dynasty affairs as the emperor Kuang-Hsu grows toward manhood. Edicts reinstate reforms, curb the young ruler’s advisers, and reassert Confucian governance amid mortality and shifting power dynamics.
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China
Charles Johnston
Bengal Civil Service
Tshu-Chsi
I-Tshu
Chai-Chun
Kuang-Hsu
Imperial Gazette
Confucius
Li Hung Chang
Kuang-Heu
How It Looks To a Native on Chinese Immigration
Wu T Pine-Fang, Chinese minister to the United States, argues in the North American Review that United States policy should treat all foreigners equally. He contends the Chinese exclusion act is unfair in spirit and notes officials at ports often mistreat or misjudge Chinese travelers. He explains why many Chinese came to America during building of the Pacific railroad and why most remain Cantonese from a few Cantonese locales.
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United States
Conger
Fuchau
Fukien Province
China
Princeton
Hsu-Ying-Kwei
Fuchana
George P. Dyer
Andrew T. Graham
Armisted Rust
F. D. Cheshire
Legation
Kwang Taotai
Bureau of Foreign Affairs
Samuel L. Gracey
Fuchan
Harry Knox
Wilbur T. Gracey
North American Review
Wu T Pine- Fang
Hina
America
Pacific Railway
Europe
Canton
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