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ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND'S THREE BOOKS THAT "LINK EAST AND WEST"
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were some of the edicts issued by the Emperor and the Empress
Dowager in their efforts to launch this new system of education
which was to transform the old China into a strong and sturdy
youth. What now were the results?
The Imperial College in Shansi was opened with 300 students all
of whom had already taken the Chinese degree of Bachelor of Arts.
It had both Chinese and foreign departments, and after the
students had completed the first, they were allowed to pass on to
the second, which had six foreign professors who held diplomas
from Western colleges or universities, and a staff of six
translators of university textbooks into Chinese, superintended
by a foreigner. In 1901-2 ten provinces, under the wise
leadership of the Empress Dowager, opened colleges for the
support of which they raised not less than $400,000.
The following are some of the questions given at the triennial
examinations of these two years in six southern provinces:
1. "As Chinese and Western laws differ, and Western people will
not submit to Chinese punishments, what ought to be done that
China, like other nations, may be mistress in her own country?"
2. "What are the Western sources of economic prosperity, and as
China is now so poor, what should she do?"
3. "According to international law has any one a right to
interfere with the internal affairs of any foreign country?"
4. "State the advantages of constructing railways in Shantung
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