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Since the death of Li Hung-Chang he ranks first in the estimation of his countrymen.

Li Hung-Chang, who, in his capacity of Viceroy, resided there for many years, was a strong supporter of the place.

It was Li Hung-Chang who started the first coal-pit in the neighbourhood of Tong-shan, about thirty years ago, and the export of coal is making rapid progress.

If Li Hung-Chang had been a great statesman, his successor was not unworthy of him.

Five years later China's wicked old Empress Dowager sent to Nicholas II's coronation an ancient Chinese with a world-great name and an itching palm, the Viceroy Li Hung-chang.