B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1877–1930) was a British journalist, author, and expert on East Asian affairs, particularly focusing on China. He gained recognition for his critical writings on Western imperialism in China and his opposition to foreign exploitation in the region. Some of his notable works include "The Re-Shaping of the Far East" and "The Fight for the Republic in China," where he provided firsthand insights into the political and social upheavals in the early 20th century. His books were widely read and influenced public perceptions of the complex dynamics between Western powers and China during that period.

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I 12th May, 1900. ... The weather is becoming hot, even here in latitude 40 and in the month of May. The Peking dust, distinguished among all the dusts of the earth for its blackness, its disagreeable insistence in sticking to one's clothes, one's hair, one's very eyebrows, until a grey-brown coating its visible to every eye, is rising in heavier clouds than ever. In the market-places,... more...

CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION The revolution which broke out in China on the 10th October, 1911, and which was completed with the abdication of the Manchu Dynasty on the 12th February, 1912, though acclaimed as highly successful, was in its practical aspects something very different. With the proclamation of the Republic, the fiction of autocratic rule had truly enough vanished; yet the tradition... more...