Message #33044

[Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司]

Dear David, et al,
     I must make a correction, in the interest of accuracy: Prof. Wade was actually ca. 1860s/1870s, and while not accurate in his descriptions of Chinese life, culture and mores, and very negative; was not as bad as Mr. Giles and another man who was correspondent for the Times of London ca. 1890 to 1902, and whose name escapes me at the moment. These latter two were the ones who wrote the most heinous lies about the Chinese people  in general and the Dowager Empress in particular.
    But both Wade and Giles were serving the British Empire in a diplomatic capacity, as well as writing material for the public (and getting paid for it).
  Sorry for any confusion.
Shabbat Shalom,
Joey