Li Hongzhang's Foreign Advisors: De Cuilin and Hannagan
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This book introduces the life-long activities of two foreign advisers to Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty and the leader of the Westernization movement: Gustav Detring and Constantin von Hanneken, both of whom lived in China. As ambitious young people, under the circumstances of the self-improvement movement launched by the late Qing government, the two not only participated in China's military, economic, diplomatic, educational and other reforms at the right time, but also created a personal career in China. Through the special experiences of two people in China, this book presents the overall situation of foreign expatriates in China and analyzes their role in China's modernization.
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