British Diplomatic Views on Nepal and the Final Stage of the Ch’ing Empire (1910–1911)
This paper shows and analyses the issue of the relations between Nepal and the Ch’ing Empire from the British point of view during the last months of the Manchu authority in China. Nepal, a buffer state between India and Tibet, represented for the British an important and decisive ally in South A...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Prague Papers on the History of International Relations |
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| Online Access: | https://praguepapers.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/09/Matteo_Miele_90-101.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper shows and analyses the issue of the relations between Nepal and the Ch’ing Empire from
the British point of view during the last months of the Manchu authority in China. Nepal, a buffer
state between India and Tibet, represented for the British an important and decisive ally in South
Asia. The first part of the work will be dedicated to an analysis of the political and geopolitical status
of Nepal compared to Britain and China of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The second part, which further develops the first, enters into the specifics of a tribute that the Himalayan country should have offered
the Emperor P’u-i. The Hsin-hai Revolution of 1911 put an end to imperial power in China and would
lead to the establishment of the republic and would resolve issues and misunderstandings between
the countries. The paper pays particular attention to the correspondence between the then Nepalese Prime Minister, Chandra Shum Shere, and the British Resident in Nepal, John Manners Smith.
The research takes as a benchmark the wider scenario of the period immediately following the end
of the Great Game and the decline of the Manchu power. The guideline and key to interpretation of
the documents reflects the perspective of the geopolitical and strategic interests of the British Empire in Asia. |
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| ISSN: | 1803-7356 2336-7105 |