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The Chinese Imperial Bureaucracy and Its Power
A detailed sketch of the Qing administration describes the emperor as a figurehead surrounded by a vast bureaucracy. It notes the mandarins, the tsung-li-yamen, viceroys and governors, and the system of checks, balances, and corruption that entangles central and provincial authorities. The piece contrasts the emperor’s ceremonial authority with the real control exercised by powerful mandarins and the empress dowager, and discusses implications seen in past clashes like the Boxer era and the Japanese war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Civil Service
L-Pai
Revenue
Board of Rites
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Iment
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Foreign Office
Department of State
Downing Street
Prince Ching
Prince Tuan
Peking
Tsi Ap
Keung Hsu
China
Offeraldom
Ching
Kubla Khan i
France
Observatory
Ranger &S
Empire
Tlen-tain
Chook
Yellow River
Evlin
Japan
Yiceroys
Li Hung Chang
Charles Beresford
Ite
Peyang
Nanyang
Victorien
Moernorm
Hongkong
Imperial Board of Revenue
Robert Hart
Darin
Lord Beresford