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Chen Lanbin (Traditional Chinese: 陳蘭彬; Simplified Chinese: 陈兰彬; Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Lánbīn) (1816-1895), courtesy name Li Qiu (荔秋) was the first Chinese Minister to the United States during the Qing Dynasty.[1]
Chen was a native of Wuchuan City in Guangdong Province. He passed the highest imperial examination in 1853 at the age of 24 and entered the Hanlin Academy. He soon became the head of two departments of the Qing government in succession. He occupied numerous other positions until 1875, when he began acting as the government's representative in the United States. He was formally named the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Spain, and Peru in 1878, a position that he held until 1881.[1]
References
- ^ a b Lin Bude (October 2007). "七律·读清代名臣陈兰彬生平事迹感怀四首（之四）" (in Chinese). http://msn.hongxiu.com/a/a/02368/2367369.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
China's Ambassadors to the U.S. 
the Qing Empire's Ministers to the U.S.
1875-1912Chen Lanbin 1875-81 · Zheng Zaoru 1881-85 · Zhang Yinheng 1885-89 · Cui Guoyin 1889-1893 · Yang Ru 1893-1896 · Wu Tingfang 1896-02 · Liang Cheng 1902-07 · Wu Tingfang 1907-09 · Zhang Yintang 1909-1911 · Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911-12
the ROC's Envoys to the U.S.
1912-1935Zhang Yintang 1912-13 · Xia Xiefu 1913-15 · V.K. Wellington Koo 1915-20 · Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920-29 · Wu Chaoshu 1929-31 · Yan Huiqing 1931-33 · Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933-35
the ROC's Ambassadors to the U.S.
1935-1979Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935-36 · Wang Zhengting 1936-38 · Hu Shih 1938-42 · Wei Tao-ming 1942-46 · V.K. Wellington Koo 1946-56 · Dong Xianguang 1956-58 · George Yeh 1958-61 · Tsiang Tingfu 1961-65 · Zhou Shukai 1965-71 · Shen Jianhong 1971-79
Chiefs of the PRC Liaison Office in the U.S.
1973-1979Huang Zhen 1973-77 · Chai Zemin 1978-79
the ROC's Representatives to the U.S.
1979-Presentthe PRC's Ambassadors to the U.S.
1979-PresentChai Zemin 1979-82 · Zhang Wenjin 1983-85 · Han Xu 1985-89 · Zhu Qizhen 1989-93 · Li Daoyu 1993-98 · Li Zhaoxing 1998-01 · Yang Jiechi 2001-05 · Zhou Wenzhong 2005-2010 · Zhang Yesui 2010-Pres.
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