Prosper Giquel
Videos
Prosper Marie Giquel was a French naval officer who played an important role in the modernization of 19th century China. His Chinese name was 日意格.
Prosper Giquel (1835-1886).
Prosper Giquel supervised the building of the Fuzhou Arsenal in Mawei.
Self-Strengthening Movement
Videos
The Self-Strengthening Movement, also known as the Westernization or Western Affairs Movement, was a period of reforms initiated during the late Qing dynasty following the military disasters of the Op
Prosper Giquel
…was to create a modern Chinese fleet of warships and transports, and to educated technicians in Western sciences. These efforts contributed to China's Self-Strengthening Movement of acquiring Western knowledge. Similarly, the Nanjing Arsenal was put under the responsibility of the Englishman Halliday Macartney. Having completed…
Gun transportation at Shanghai's Jiangnan Arsenal.
Feng Guifen, coiner of the phrase
Photo of a 27-year-old Prince Gong.
Front gate of the Zongli Yamen, the de facto foreign affairs ministry.