Li hong zhang biography for kids

Li Hongzhang (李鴻章) (pinyin: Lǐ Hóngzhāng, Wade-Giles: Li Hung-chang) (February 16, 1823 - 1901), courtesy name Shàoquán (少荃), was a general who ended several major rebellions, statesman and ambassador of the ChineseQing Empire.

Born in Hefei, Anhui province.

Li Hongzhang was in charge of China's foreign relations for the Empress Dowager Cixi[?].

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He fought to keep order during the Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion. In 1896 he toured the United States of America, advocating reform of that country's immigration policies.

Below text from now public domain encyclopedia from 1911, to be updated or incoporated into the article as appropriate

From his earliest youth he showed marked ability, and when quite young he took his bachelor degree.

In 1847 he became a Tsin-shi, or graduate of the highest order, and two years later was admitted into the imperial Hanlin college. Shortly after this the central provinces o