Wang Zhichun And The Late Qing Diplomacy

After the Opium War, with the increase in contact with the West, China as the center of the vassal to China gradually began to change diplomacy, then part of the advanced intellectuals began to think about the West dealing with a new diplomatic approach, Wang Zhichun is one of them. Wang Zhichun, although not full-time diplomat, pay attention to foreign affairs and diplomacy of his life involved in many activities of foreign representations. Sino-French War, he participated in both France and Vietnam proposed boundary survey work.Sino-Japanese War, he went to the Russian Emperor Alexander III of Russia mourning and celebrating the death of Nicholas II came to the throne. After Taiwan was cut to avoid the Japanese, he was ordered to France in Paris to lobby interference. In dealing with the external negotiations, he argued, to a certain extent, safeguard the national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Wang Zhichun 's foreign claims, such as the Minister based on the States, Combining with other countries, invoking the universal "public law ", reflecting the distinctive character.