Chen Lanbin
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11 December 1875 – 24 June 1881
Wuchuan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty China
Wuchuan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty China
Chen Lanbin (traditional Chinese: 陳蘭彬; simplified Chinese: 陈兰彬; pinyin: Chén Lánbīn; 1816–1895), courtesy name Li Qiu (Chinese: 荔秋; pinyin: Lì Qiū), was the first Chinese Ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty.[1][2][3]
Born in Wuchuan City, Guangdong, he passed the Chinese imperial examination in 1853 at the age of 24, and entered the Hanlin Academy. He soon became the head of two departments of the Qing government in succession, and in 1872 he was sent to the United States and named commissioner of the Chinese Educational Commission in Hartford, Connecticut, despite not knowing English.[4] He occupied numerous other positions until 1875, when he began acting as the government's representative in the United States. He was formally named the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Spain, and Peru in 1878, a position that he held until 1881.[1] A conservative, Chen was often at odds with the progressive oriented Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university, and a colleague of his.[5]
In 2015, Chen was featured in an article by China Daily, which remembered his efforts in promoting China–United States relations.[6]
References
- ^ a b Lin Bude (October 2007). 七律·读清代名臣陈兰彬生平事迹感怀四首(之四) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ Arkush, R. David; Lee, Leo O. (1993-09-20). Land Without Ghosts: Chinese Impressions of America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08424-7.
- ^ Qin, Yucheng (2009). The Diplomacy of Nationalism: The Six Companies and China's Policy Toward Exclusion. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3274-2.
- ^ Brawner Bevis, Teresa. Chinese Students in US Colleges, The First Hundred Years.
- ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (2018-01-01). Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period: 1644-1911/2. Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-61472-849-8.
- ^ "Spirit of China's first US ambassador lives on". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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1875–1912
- Chen Lanbin 1875–81
- Cheng Tsao-Ju 1881–85
- Zhang Yinheng 1885–89
- Cui Guoyin 1889–93
- Yang Yü 1893–96
- Wu Tingfang 1896–1902
- Liang Cheng 1902–07
- Wu Tingfang 1907–09
- Zhang Yintang 1909–11
- Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
Envoy
1912–35
- Zhang Yintang 1912–13
- Xia Xiefu 1913–15
- V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20
- Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29
- Wu Chaoshu 1929–31
- Yan Huiqing 1931–33
- Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
Ambassador
1935–79
- Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36
- Chengting T. Wang 1936–38
- Hu Shih 1938–42
- Wei Tao-ming 1942–46
- Wellington Koo 1946–56
- Hollington Tong 1956–58
- George Yeh 1958–61
- Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65
- Zhou Shukai 1965–71
- James Shen 1971–79
Liaison Office Chief
1973–79
- Huang Zhen 1973–77
- Chai Zemin 1978–79
Ambassador
1979–present
- Chai Zemin 1979–82
- Zhang Wenjin 1983–85
- Han Xu 1985–89
- Zhu Qizhen 1989–93
- Li Daoyu 1993–98
- Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001
- Yang Jiechi 2001–05
- Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10
- Zhang Yesui 2010–13
- Cui Tiankai 2013–21
- Qin Gang 2021–23
- Xie Feng 2023-present