EI Portraits — Rana Mitter on Tsiang Tingfu, pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West

01/08/2024 14 min
EI Portraits — Rana Mitter on Tsiang Tingfu, pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West

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Rana Mitter profiles Tsiang Tingfu, the American-educated diplomat and historian, who sought Chinese national revival on cosmopolitan lines. Read by Sebastian Brown.

Image: Tsiang Tingfu raises his arm to veto a proposal introduced by the Soviet Union to the UN. Credit: SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo