'Visit of Li Hung Chang to the Queen at Osborne', c1900. Chinese diplomat Li Hongzhang, Viceroy of Zhili, with Queen Victoria at Osborne House in 1896. '...he failed to give the extensive orders for ships and materials of war that some of his entertainers had hoped for, and the general feeling was that too much fuss had been made over him'. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]

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