Late Qing Diplomacy

11 books

Cracks in History: Modern China and the Dark Side of Human Nature cover
Rating 3.8
Cracks in History: Modern China and the Dark Side of Human Nature 雷颐 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2007 This book is a collection of historical essays and commentary by Lei Yi, a researcher at the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sc…
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) cover
Rating 4.6
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) Li Wenjie SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2017 This book is a monograph on the history of late Qing diplomatic institutions, revised by the young historian Li Wenjie from his doctoral dissertation …
Selected Poems of Huang Zunxian cover
Selected Poems of Huang Zunxian 黄遵宪 / 曹旭 Zhonghua Book Company · 2008 This book is one title in the "Classical Poetry Masters" series from Zhonghua Book Company, selected and annotated by Professor Cao Xu of Shanghai Nor…
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) cover
Rating 4.2
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) Li Wenjie SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2017 This book is a study of late Qing diplomatic institutional history completed by Li Wenjie (PhD in History, Peking University; professor in the Departm…
An Expensive Peace: A Study of the Sino-Japanese Shimonoseki Peace Negotiations (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
An Expensive Peace: A Study of the Sino-Japanese Shimonoseki Peace Negotiations (Revised Edition) Ji Chen Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2025 The Treaty of Shimonoseki brought the First Sino-Japanese War to a sorrowful end, but how exactly was the treaty drafted, signed, ratified, and exchan…
Diary of Wang Chengchuan (Collection of Rare Historical Materials of Modern and Contemporary China, Fourth Series) cover
Rating 3.9
Diary of Wang Chengchuan (Collection of Rare Historical Materials of Modern and Contemporary China, Fourth Series) 王承传 / 冯雷 / 王洪军 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Wang Chengchuan, courtesy name Qinyao, was a native of Tongcheng, Anhui. His Diary records his time in Germany accompanying the Qing envoy to Germany,…
Notes on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cover
Rating 3.0
Notes on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luo Dunrong Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 The "Chinese Ancient Classics Series" is a large e-book project launched by Yuelan Culture. The project aims to organize and bring to light rare and f…
Li Hongzhang's Diplomacy toward Russia cover
Rating 3.5
Li Hongzhang's Diplomacy toward Russia 许华国 · 2019 Li Hongzhang was a towering minister of the late Qing, enjoying imperial favor throughout his life. In his earlier years he turned his literati's hand…
Supplementary Compilation of Old Treaties and Agreements Between China and Foreign Countries (Qing Dynasty) cover
Rating 3.8
Supplementary Compilation of Old Treaties and Agreements Between China and Foreign Countries (Qing Dynasty) Guo Weidong Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 Treaties arise from the needs of war and peace, contact and exchange among nations, and are legal agreements between the parties involved. Taking Wang…
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) cover
Rating 4.3
The Formation of the Modern Chinese Diplomatic Corps (1861–1911) Li Wenjie SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2025 The officials who conducted Western-style diplomacy in modern China emerged from the civil examination system. How did they "adapt" to diplomacy as an…
Stepping Out of the Late Qing: A Study of Foreign-Related Figures and China's Conception of the World (2nd Edition) cover
Rating 3.9
Stepping Out of the Late Qing: A Study of Foreign-Related Figures and China's Conception of the World (2nd Edition) 李扬帆 Peking University Press · 2025 Starting from the foreign-related figures of the late Qing, this book re-examines China's external relations during that period and, on that basis, di…