To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960Biografiske skildringer af 16 vestlige rådgivere i Kina |
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... Ward would learn his lesson much sooner . Having chosen two lieutenants , Edward Forrester ( who had been with Ward in Central America ) and Henry Andrea Burgevine ( a Southerner who , like Ward himself , had arrived in China as the ...
... Ward would learn his lesson much sooner . Having chosen two lieutenants , Edward Forrester ( who had been with Ward in Central America ) and Henry Andrea Burgevine ( a Southerner who , like Ward himself , had arrived in China as the ...
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... Ward's force was mauled in two assaults , and he himself was badly wounded . He lost his artillery , his gunboats and his entire provision train . It was the worst defeat of his career in China , and when he returned to Shanghai to ...
... Ward's force was mauled in two assaults , and he himself was badly wounded . He lost his artillery , his gunboats and his entire provision train . It was the worst defeat of his career in China , and when he returned to Shanghai to ...
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... Ward married Chang Mei , the daughter of Taki , the Shanghai banker who had helped to finance his forces . The marriage ceremony was carried through in Chinese style , with Ward arriving on horseback dressed in his Chinese official ...
... Ward married Chang Mei , the daughter of Taki , the Shanghai banker who had helped to finance his forces . The marriage ceremony was carried through in Chinese style , with Ward arriving on horseback dressed in his Chinese official ...
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