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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental, 1914

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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental, 1914

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Book Title: America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

Author: Wu Tingfang

Publisher: F.A. Stokes, New York

First Edition

Date: 1914

Language: English

Size: 8.25 x 5.75 inches

Complete with all 267 pages, plus indexes, prefaces, etc.

Description: Wu Tingfang was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China.

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