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August 21, 1857, US embassy Peter Parker left China for US. Parker was originally a medical missionary. Later he helped as the main interpreter of theTreaty of Wanghsia, and gradually became involved in diplomacy. Later he was appointed as US Embassy in China. His situation toward China was the hawks and once proposed the US to occupy Taiwan, on the other hand he cared to heal Chinese patients. The Lam Qua Portraits record the Chinese patients he encounters. These were said to be for raising funds from the philanthropists in US. About the relation between US and Taiwan in the Qing dynasty, you may refer to our research findings: Huang Chia-mo, The United States and Taiwan, 1784-1895.
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