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Foreigner Helpers of China Across Centuries
William J. Rudolph surveys foreigners who aided China from Genghis Khan’s era to the Boxer rebellion, highlighting Jesuit scholars, Anson Burlingame, Frederick Townsend Ward, Charles Gordon, and Sir Robert Hart. He notes their roles in diplomacy, science, military affairs, and education, and cites American devotion to fair treatment and lasting ties with China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myren
China
Yrera
Genghis Khan
Mantchoos
Mhim
Peng
Shus
Amun Schall
Mathematical Board
France
Louis Iiv
Kanghst
Father Verbelst
Massachusetta
Ward
Charles Gordon
Peking
Burgevine
Forrester
Gordon
Li Hung Chang
Sir Robert Hart
Terpreter
Sery
Reed
Martin
Tong Weng College
Imperial University At Peking
Amerdanna
Anson Burlingame
Lincoln
United States
England
Sweden
Holland
Denmark
Prussia
Russia
Burlingame
St. Petersburg
The
Yalu
Philo N. McGiffin
Chen Yuen
Tian
Wablal Khan
Nf Ching
Kublai Khan
Chine
Persia
Marco Polo
Kihlal Khan
Tonguin
Cochin China
Bins
Robert
W. A. P. Martin
Iife
Chiis
Bur‘ngime
William J. Rudolph