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Yang Yü (diplomat)
Yang Yü (; 1840 – 17 February 1902) was a diplomat of the Qing dynasty. He was the Chinese ambassador to the United States from 1893-1896 and ambassador to Russia (1896-?). Yang signed the Gresham-Yang Treaty in 1894 with Walter Q. Gresham, the US Secretary of State.Paulsen, George E. (1968). The Gresham-Yang Treaty. ''Pacific Historical Review'', 37(3), 281–297.梁建. 杨儒解决美国排华问题的实践与构想述论 ang Yü's tackling of US Anti-Chinese policy 西南交通大学学报(社会科学版), 2011,12(2):82-86. It is a crucial extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States Code, United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made exceptions for travelers an ... of 1882 and the direct cause for the 1905 Chinese boycott. References {{China Ambassadors to US Yang Y Han Chinese Plain Red Bannermen ...
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Mr Yang Yü
''Mister'', usually written in its contracted form ''Mr.'' (American English) or ''Mr'' (British English), is a commonly used English honorific for men without a higher honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office. The title ''Mr'' derived from earlier forms of ''master'', as the equivalent female titles ''Mrs'', ''Miss'', and '' Ms'' all derived from earlier forms of ''mistress''. ''Master'' is sometimes still used as an honorific for boys and young men. The plural form is ''Messrs''(.), derived from the French title ' in the 18th century. ' is the plural of ' (originally ', "my lord"), formed by declining both of its constituent parts separately. Historical etiquette Historically, ''mister'' was applied only to those above one's own status if they had no higher title such as ''Sir'' or ''my lord'' in the English class system. That understanding is now obsolete, as it was gradually expanded as a mark of respect to those of equal status and then ...
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