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Chinese Roots, Foreign Branches: Forestry As Self-Strengthening In The Late Qing, Emily Bunker
Chinese Roots, Foreign Branches: Forestry As Self-Strengthening In The Late Qing, Emily Bunker
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Previous examinations of Self-Strengthening in Late Qing China have focused on the movement's military and educational dimensions. Moreover, there exists a general conception of Late Qing China as being a period of decline. This paper, based on articles and official Chinese government memorials appearing in The Chinese Times, an English language newspaper that ran from 1886-1891, examines forestry efforts in the Late Qing as an example of Self-Strengthening. Looking at the movement from this angle, several newfound dimensions of Self-Strengthening emerge, including a link to Chinese cosmology and the ruler-subject relationship, examples of localized benefits, and a reexamination of the …