2011The Historical Review/La Revue HistoriqueOpen access

Zheng Guanying and Shanghai

Jia Shao

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In the mid and late 19th century,there were lots of industrialists and thinkers in China.Zheng Guanying was one of the outstanding representatives who were both industrialists and thinkers.He played an important role in managing the Foreign Affairs Enterprise,and his book Prosperous Prophecy was applauded by both the government and scholars at that time.This paper discusses why Zheng was successful on both aspects and what opportunities Shanghai had offered to him.

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In the mid and late 19th century,there were lots of industrialists and thinkers in China.Zheng Guanying was one of the outstanding representatives who were both industrialists and thinkers.He played an important role in managing the Foreign Affairs Enterprise,and his book Prosperous Prophecy was applauded by both the government and scholars at that time.This paper discusses why Zheng was successful on both aspects and what opportunities Shanghai had offered to him.

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In the mid and late 19th century,there were lots of industrialists and thinkers in China.Zheng Guanying was one of the outstanding representatives who were both industrialists and thinkers.He played an important role in managing the Foreign Affairs Enterprise,and his book Prosperous Prophecy was applauded by both the government and scholars at that time.This paper discusses why Zheng was successful on both aspects and what opportunities Shanghai had offered to him.

Key concepts: China, Government (linguistics), Political science, Foreign policy, Public administration, Management, Economic history, History

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