Download or read book Postal Communication in China and Its Modernization, 1860–1896 written by Ying-wan Cheng and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the modernization of the Chinese postal service, with chapters on the problems of modernizing postal communication, the Ch'ing official post, letter agencies, early foreign postal establishments in China, the origin and development of the customs post, attempts to create a national postal service, and the establishment of the Imperial Post Office.