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Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Huzhou College, Huzhou, China

ABSTRACT

On the eve of the Opium War, J. F. Davis, His Majesty’s Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, put forward “Reticent” policyto ease the Sino-British relations after“Napier’s Fizzle”. The “Reticent” policy is an informal foreign policy towards China, the main purpose of which is to safeguard Britain’s economic interests in China. However, due to the compromise of this policy, it aroused the dissatisfaction and resistance of British businessmen in China, so it was not implemented for a long time. After the “Reticent” policy failed, the British government turned to the “gunboat” policy.

KEYWORDS

J. F. Davis, “Reticent” policy, Sino-British relations

Cite this paper

LI Rong. On John Francis Davis and “Reticent” Policy. International Relations and Diplomacy, May-June 2024, Vol. 12, No. 3, 106-112.

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