The Boxer Indemnity Scholarship by the United Kingdom (Chinese: 庚子賠款獎學金; pinyin: Gēngzǐ Péikuǎn Jiǎngxuéjīn or simply Chinese: 英庚子) was a scholarship program for Chinese students to study in the United Kingdom, funded by the remittance of the Boxer Indemnity from China to the United Kingdom. It was established after the United States' Boxer Indemnity Scholarship.
| Boxer Indemnity Scholarship | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 庚子賠款獎學金 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 庚子赔款奖学金 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 英庚子 | ||||||||
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History
editUnlike the U.S., the remittance of the indemnity sparked a debate in the Parliament of the United Kingdom over how to allocate the funds, with options including education and other areas such as railways.[1]
Recipients
edit| Name | Year | University | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qian Zhongshu | the University of Oxford[2] | also known as Chien Chung-Shu[2] |
References
edit- ^ Chow, Phoebe (2017). "Challenges to imperialism, 1919–1925". Britain's Imperial Retreat from China, 1900-1931. Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia. Abingdon-on-Thames, New York City: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). ISBN 978-1-138-90984-7.
- ^ a b Hsia Chih-tsing (1999) [first edition in 1961]. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction (3 ed.). Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0-253-33477-2.
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