Boxer Indemnity Scholarship (United Kingdom)

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 be educated in the United Kingdom, funded by the remittent of Boxer Indemnity of China to the United Kingdom. It was established after the United States' Boxer Indemnity Scholarship.

Boxer Indemnity Scholarship
Traditional Chinese庚子賠款獎學金
Simplified Chinese庚子赔款奖学金
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese英庚子

History

Unlike the U.S., the remittent of the indemnity caused a debate in the parliament of the United Kingdom, on the allocation of the money, on education or on other area such as railways.[1]

Recipients

    NameYearUniversityFootnotes
    Qian Zhongshuthe University of Oxford[2]also known as Chien Chung-Shu[2]

    References

    1. 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.
    2. 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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