Sino-American Relations Studies Series

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  This book relied on extensive first-hand archives including Willard Straight Papers, Knox Plan, archives of the U.S. State Department and the Foreign Affairs Department of the Qing Dynasty. Combining the existing research findings by scholars from China and abroad, it gave a comprehensive and profound account on the origions, developments and impacts of the American "Gold Diplomacy" in China. This well-structured book offered original insights for many issues, and has high academic values for studying Sino-American relations and foreign relations between China and other states at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.