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15 minutes of fame: Tsiang Ting-fu, Chinese historian and diplomat

15 minutes of fame: Tsiang Ting-fu, Chinese historian and diplomat

Rana Mitter explains how historian and diplomat Tsiang Tingfu was an important link between China and the west in the 20th century

Rob Attar

Published: June 27, 2022 at 3:52 PM

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It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday! To celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Professor Rana Mitter nominates Tsiang Tingfu. He tells Rob Attar about this 20th-century Chinese historian and diplomat who was an important link between the country and the west before the Communist revolution.

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Rob AttarHead of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine

Rob Attar is head of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine