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May 2, 1908, Gurkha pays tributes to China and had an audience to the emperor. Gurkha is today's Nepal. Despite it fought with China twice in the Qianlong reign, eventually it became loyal to China, and was called "China's last tributary state". In the late Qing Gurkha contributed to defending Britain from its aggressive activities in Tibet. Regarding the relations among China, Gurkha, and Britain in the Qing Dynasty, you may refer to our publication: Fung Ming-chu, "Causes and Effects of the Battle of Gurkha-- the relations among Qing, Tibet, and British India in the late Eighteenth century", collected in our conference papers: Collected Articles from the Conference on the Early Period of Modern China.
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