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POPSLloyd Lofthouse Blog Lloyd Lofthouse is the author of ‘My Splendid Concubine’. He earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U. S. Marine. He then taught English and journalism in the public schools by day and for a time worked as a maitre d' in a multimillion-dollar nightclub by night.
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POPSRecommended Books On China For this book, Tom backpacked more than 35,000 miles over a period of two years.Despite increased tourism and rampant foreign investment, the cultural distance between China and the West remains as vast as the oceans that separate them. The Middle Kingdom is still relatively unknown by Westerners.
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POPSMore About Sir Robert Hart No Westerner has ever achieved Robert Hart’s status and level of power in China. Driven by a passion for his adopted country, Hart became the “godfather of China’s modernism,” inspector general of China’s Customs Service, and the builder of China’s railroads, postal and telegraph systems, and schools.
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POPSAbout the Author Lloyd Lofthouse He was the father of China’s modernization. He was the only foreigner the Emperor trusted. As Inspector General for Chinese Maritime Customs, Sir Robert Hart was responsible for generating one third the national revenue crucial to the Ch’ing Dynasty.
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POPSMy Splendid Concubine Book My Splendid Concubine is the love story that Sir Robert Hart did not want to the world to know about. He was the only foreigner the Ching Dynasty and the Emperor of China trusted
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