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Li Hongzhang studied the demands before him, the ink on the treaty draft as damning as a death sentence. He knew the allied powers understood the absurdity of their conditions—300 million taels of silver in reparations, foreign garrisons throughout Beijing, and dismantling all coastal fortifications.
Perhaps they intended to magnanimously reduce the reparations to 250 million to appear generous. Yet no matter the concessions, signing this treaty would reduce the ...
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