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Li Hongzhang, Marquess Suyi (Chinese: 李鴻章; also Li Hung-chang; 15 February 1823 – 7 November 1901) was a Chinese statesman, general and diplomat of the late Qing dynasty. He quelled several major rebellions and served in important positions in the Qing imperial court, including the Viceroy of Zhili , Huguang and Liangguang .
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Li Hongzhang (李鴻章) was born in the village of Qunzhi (群治村) in Modian township (磨店鄉), 14 kilometers (9 miles) northeast of downtown Hefei, Anhui, on February 15, 1823. From very early in life, he showed remarkable ability. Both Li's father and Tseng Kuo-fan, who became his mentor, earned the status of “advanced scholars” in the Confucian civil servi...
As a natural consequence, he was appointed to the viceroyalty of the metropolitan province of Zhili (直隸, meaning "Directly Ruled (by the Imperial Court)," was the name of Hebei before 1928), and in this position, he suppressed all attempts to keep alive the anti-foreign sentiment among the people. For his services, he was made imperial tutor and me...
Western nations regarded Li as the leading Chinese statesman. In 1896, he toured Europe and the United States of America, where he was received in Washington, D.C. by Presidetn Grover Cleveland, and advocated reform of the American immigration policies that had greatly restricted Chinese immigration after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (renewed ...
Li Hongzhang, along with a few contemporaries, is credited with being a major force behind efforts to modernize China in an effort to preserve the Qing dynasty and the Confuciansystem of government. During his 25 years as Viceroy of Chihli, he initiated projects to advance commerce and industry and particularly concerned himself with the modernizat...
Chu, Samuel C., and Kwang-Ching Liu. 1994. Li Hung-chang and China's early modernization. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 1563242427 ISBN 9781563242427 ISBN 1563244586 ISBN 9781563244582Chu, Samuel C., and Kwang-Ching Liu. 1990. Li Hongzhang: diplomat and modernizer.Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.Hummel, Arthur William. 1943. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing period: (1644-1912). Taipei: Literature House Ltd. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.Liu, Kwang-ching. "The Confucian as Patriot and Pragmatist: Li Hung-Chang's Formative Years, 1823-1866." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies30 (1970): 5-45.Li Hongzhang (born Feb. 15, 1823, Hefei, Anhui province, China—died Nov. 7, 1901, Beijing) was a leading Chinese statesman of the 19th century, who made strenuous efforts to modernize his country.
May 2, 2024 · In 1896, Chinese statesmen, diplomat, and military general Li Hongzhang (1823-1901) toured Europe and the United States drawing large crowds and garnering the attention of the popular media. The most renown Chinese person of his time, Hongzhang also known as Li Hung Chang, advocated for Chinese interests in the West and played a role in ...
Li Hongzhong (Chinese: 李 鸿 忠; born 13 August 1956) is a Chinese politician, who is currently the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.
Li Hongzhang, or Li Hung-chang, (born Feb. 15, 1823, Hefei, Anhui province, China—died Nov. 7, 1901, Beijing), Chinese statesman who represented China in the series of humiliating negotiations at the end of the Sino-French War (1883–85), Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), and Boxer Rebellion (1900).
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Li led negotiations for the costly Boxer Protocols in September 1901 but died just a few weeks after they were signed. Both the nationalists and communists later condemned Li Hongzhang as an agent of Qing conservatism and repression, though this was only partly true.
