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Kuo, Ping-chia was born on November 27, 1908 in Yangshe, Kiangsu, China. Son of Chu-sen and Hsiao-kuan (Hsu) Kuo.
(Originally published in Shanghai in 1935. Any person who ...)
Originally published in Shanghai in 1935. Any person who wishes to understand the underlying forces of modern Chinese history should acquaint themselves with the evtns of about a hundred years ago. The first Anglo-Chinese war, in particular, merits attention, as it forms a great turning point in the development of modern China. One may gather some idea of its importance by considering the fact that it was this war which introduced China into the family of nations and laid the foundation of her international status which was modified but never displaced by subsequent developments. The author has endeavored to reconstruct a story of the war in such a manner as would best approach a faithful and yet instructive history of that conflict. A happy event was the publication of Reign of Tao-Kuang and The Beginning and End of the Management of Barbarian Affairs by the Palace Museum in Peking. It is a comprehensive collection of documents on Chinese diplomatic history beginning with the year 1836. Besides citing the work in his footnotes, the author has selected and translated a number of these documents to illustrate the more important conclusion made in his account.
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Kuo, Ping-chia was born on November 27, 1908 in Yangshe, Kiangsu, China. Son of Chu-sen and Hsiao-kuan (Hsu) Kuo.
A.M., Harvard University, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1933.
Professor modern history and Far Eastern international relations National Wuhan University, Wuchang, China, 1933-1938. Editor China Forum, Hankow and Chungking, 1938-1940. Counsellor National Military Council, Chungking, China, 1940-1946, Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1943-1946.
Participated in Cairo Conference as special political assistant to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, 1943. During war years in Chungking, also served Chinese Government concurrently in following capacities: member foreign affairs committee National Supreme Defense Council, 1939-1946. Chief, editorial and publications department Ministry Information, 1940-1942, member central planning board, 1941-1945.
Technical expert to Chinese delegation San Francisco Conference, 1945. Chief trusteeship section secretariat United Nations, London. (executive committee preparatory commission and general assembly), 1945-1946.
Top-ranking director Department Security Council Affairs, United Nations, 1946-1948. Visiting professor Chinese history San Francisco State College, summers 1954, 58. Associate professor history Southern Illinois University, 1959-1963, professor history, 1963-1972, chairman department history, 1967-1971, professor emeritus, from 1972.
Senior fellow National Endowment for Humanities, 1973-1974. President Midwest Conference Asian Studies, 1964.
(Originally published in Shanghai in 1935. Any person who ...)
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Member American History Association, Association Asian Studies. Clubs: Commonwealth (San Francisco).
Married Anita H. Bradley, August 8, 1946.