... governance trade separated from Chinese Maritime Customs Service China Taiping Rebellion Inspector General Prince Gong Horatio Lay Robert Hart maritime trade It is not infrequently found that political relations flow on most smoothly when juristic exactness hibernates, and when the question...

... foreigners promotions “Rules and Regulations for the Customs Service ” Williams C A S Chinese Maritime Customs Service Robert Hart Inspector General China lighthouses From that day he devoted himself with all the dogged perseverance, the shrewd intelligence, and business-like capacity of a typical...

... textile industry post Taiping leadership Zeng Guofan Self-Strengthening Movement Qing Dynasty Chinese Maritime Customs Service China maritime trade naval supremacy Britain The Self-Strengthening Movement began in the 1860s as a Qing effort to acquire the military means to resist European empires...

... indemninty Sino-Japanese War Boxer War Chinese Maritime Customs Service China I used to think that if there was re-incarnation, I wanted to come back as the President, the Pope, or a .400 baseball hitter. But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everyone. —james carville...

... Frederick Maze Inspector General smuggling Chinese Maritime Customs Service China local government Japanese A smuggler is a person who though no doubt highly blameable for violating the laws of his country is frequently incapable of violating those of natural justice and who would have been in every...

... United States Chinese Maritime Customs Service China finance banking history maritime trade A book must end with regrets. Writing history, or any writing, is an exercise in imperfection, and having to end means that I will no longer be able to correct the many errors that remain. In addition...

...This book describes the role of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, assesses the influence it had on Chinese history and society, and shows how it transformed China's relationship with the world. It explains how, between its founding in 1854 and its collapse in 1952, the Service delivered one...

...This introductory chapter begins with a background on the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. The Customs Service was an agency of the Chinese state, headed by the Inspector General. It was one of the most, if not the most, powerful bureaucracies operating in China between the Taiping Rebellion from...

... Jiangmen Custom House Jiulong Custom House Li Bangding People’s Republic of China Three Anti Campaign Wuhan Custom House Japan Civil War inflation Communists Chinese Maritime Customs Service China Our thoughts next turn to the future. The nations of the world face a task of rehabilitation which...

... succession crisis Bai Chongxi Canton Guo Taiqi Kishimoto Hirokichi Barton Sidney Customs Affairs Office Ding Guitang Chinese Maritime Customs Service Francis Aglen Chinese bondholders Gu Weijun nationalism China Inspector General Nationalists Frederick Maze Oh, they are unimpeachable so far...