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Informal Empire in Crisis

Informal Empire in Crisis

Atkins, Martyn

Hardcover

Series: Cornell East Asia Series,, Book 74

Chinese HistoryBritish HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0939657791
ISBN13: 9780939657797
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
Published: Mar 31 2010
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.70 Depth: 5.90
Language: English

The Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service was, without doubt, the highest-ranking foreigner in the Chinese Government. His position at the heart of China's fiscal, commercial and mercantile systems was crucial to the continued prosperity of the foreign business community in Shanghai and elsewhere. This work draws on unpublished British Foreign Office records and other contemporary sources to support its examination of the issues surrounding the appointment of a new Inspector-General in 1928, and the bitterness and intrigue which these issues engendered. The underlying debate between the British Legation in Peking and the Foreign Office in London illustrates the dilemma of a diplomatic establishment no longer able to rely upon the use of force to defend British interests in China.

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