Li Hongzhang's Foreign Advisors: De Cuilin and Hannagan

About This Novel

This book introduces the life-long activities in China of two foreign advisers to Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty and leader of the Westernization movement: Gustav Detring and Constantin von Hanneken. 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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