Chinese Style -- China Through Western Eyes.2

Author: Morley, [Australia], translated by Zhang Hao et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Morley, who once served as a correspondent for The Times in China and a political advisor to Yuan Shikai, described his journey from Shanghai along the Yangtze River to Sichuan, Yunnan, and Myanmar, documenting the social, economic, cultural, and scenic aspects of late Qing China. His accounts included not only the bureaucracy but also the common people, as well as missionaries and merchants in China. The book also mentioned emerging forces such as Zhang Zhidong, a proponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. Morley vividly portrays the social scene of late Qing China before the major societal transformations. Morley's An Australian in China describes his journey from Shanghai along the Yangtze River to Sichuan, Yunnan, and Myanmar, documenting the social, economic, cultural, and scenic aspects of late Qing China. His accounts included not only the bureaucracy but also the common people, as well as missionaries and merchants in China. The book also mentioned emerging forces such as Zhang Zhidong, a proponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. Morley vividly portrays the social scene of late Qing China before the major societal transformations. Morley's An Australian in China describes his journey from Shanghai along the Yangtze River to Sichuan, Yunnan, and Myanmar, documenting the social, economic, cultural, and scenic aspects of late Qing China. His accounts included not only the bureaucracy but also the common people, as well as missionaries and merchants in China. The book also mentioned emerging forces such as Zhang Zhidong, a proponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. Morley vividly portrays the social scene of late Qing China before the major societal transformations.