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Late Embassy Ministers Comparison With The United States Minister To China

Posted on:2011-04-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305981075Subject:China's modern history
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The late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the world in many Western countries well into the capitalist era. China is undergoing social upheaval, intense domestic and international conflicts and complex historical period of struggle.After the Opium War in China,Western capitalist powers have come to China,aggression to achieve their own economic demands,a series of unequal treaties signed.Official contacts between China and other countries is mainly done through the minister.This paper selects Late Embassy ministers and minister to the U.S. Embassy and a comparative study.Comparison of the study hope that the current Sino-US relations and exchanges between the two countries have inspired,through the late Qing Dynasty Minister in The United States of study.Summarize some of their contacts with the U.S. experience and lessons learned,hope that some of the diplomats on the current diplomatic activities can also provide some reference.This article tries to based on minister of the notes,memorial and official records and Sino-US exchanges note,combined with the results of previous studies to a comparative study.This article from three aspects to compare:the Chinese and U.S. governments in the context in the time to send Minister,China and the U.S. minister in their respective countries in which the main task,China and the U.S. minister suffered cultural influence.This paper is divided into four parts:Partâ… : China and the U.S. when the foreign minister sent a diplomatic envoy of different backgrounds.In order to enable the U.S. government minister stationed in Beijing, China has actively carried out negotiations,but the late Qing government set all sorts of positions to prevent foreign minister to Beijing.With the growing number of exchanges and Chinese workers in the United States made by the tragedy of the late Qing government also gradually taken an important step to send envoys abroad.Part II:China and the U.S. envoy in the country in which the different tasks.The U.S. Minister to China in China,adhering to the U.S. government policy toward China,beneficial for the best interests of the United States,one key is to seek commercial interests.But late Minister United States,the main task in the United States is to protect Chinese,overseachinese,fight for the rights of Chinese workers.Part III:Minister suffered two countries with different cultural edification.The United States is a capitalist country,the culture also has the nature of capitalism,pursuit of freedom, with utilitarian color,strong individualism,and the minister inevitably affected,performance that is meddling in diplomatic affairs of small countries.In China has been under the influence of Confucianism,strong feudal hierarchy,attention to the interests of more than loyalty.These thoughts on the envoys of a great of influence,so to some on the role of envoys has some obstacles.Part IV:Evaluation of the Late Embassy ministers.Late follow in case of no cases of envoys sent by,as influenced by Confucianism,little contact with external things,so easy in handling incidents of compromise negotiations.But with the growing number of foreign affairs events, through their own practice,they gradually learned to use international law and diplomacy to deal with foreign af protection of Chinese workers in the United States made a greater contribution.
Keywords/Search Tags:late qing period, United States, minister, comparative study
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