Yungwing Essay

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What did Yung Wing consider as China's most pressing problems? After the Opium Wars broke out, western countries found that China was very weak. Westerners started to declare wars to China and force China to open her market. After that, the second opium war started. China was defect by England and France. Lots of inequality treaties were signed, and lot of silvers and land had been taken by those countries. Through these two battles, China found that she was hanged behind in terms of technology and military. In 1850, the Taipiang Rebellion broke out. Since the result of the two Opium Wars, china knew how important the western technologies were. The self-strengthen movement had being brought out by Tsang Kwoh Fan. The campaign encouraged people to learn from the westerners. Yung Wing, the first person in Modern China studying at Yale, can be regarded as returnees with international vision, known as "the father of studying in China. The returnees had enthusiastically filled patriotic ambition. In order to change the poor, weak home country, he came out with a considerable number of reform programs. However, it can be said that all reforms were defeated. Yung Wing had his first step into politics was a meeting with Tsang Kwoh Fan. At that time, Yung was an owner of a ship company. Tsang showed his interested on Yung through his friend’s introduction. In order to recruit Yung into his crew, Tsang showed his will through the letters of Yung’s Friend. As Yung though that it was a chance to promote his plan in education, he decided to end the business of his company, and went to meet Tsang. Tsang Kwoh Fan was the Viceroy of Liangjiang. He solved the Taipiang Rebellion in a short time. Yung Wing respected Tsang’s personality as Tsang did not abuse his power for himself. Yung described Tsang has kept his “official career untarnished, he had great talents,

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