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Creators of Modern China : 100 lives from empire to republic 1796-1912

Table of Contents: “…Yinghe : Manchu politician and man of letters ; Lin Zexu : Troubleshooter ; Bao Shichen : Policy expert ; Zeng Guofan : Victorious general in the Taiping Civil War ; Zuo Zongtang : Military leader and industrial innovator ; Zhang Zhidong : Abolisher of the imperial examinations ; Prince Gong : Architect of modern diplomacy in China after 1860 ; Li Hongzhang : Diplomat brokering an international vision of China ; Guo Songtao : Diplomat and first Chinese minister to Britain ; Chen Jitong : Flamboyant Qing emissary to France ; Sai Jinhua : Cross-cultural courtesan ; Gu Hongming : World thinker and eccentric loyalist ; Kang Youwei : Radical philosopher and reformer ; Liang Qichao : China's first public intellectual ; Duanfang : Manchu statesman, reformer and art connoisseur ; Sun Yat-set : China's first president --…”