On John Francis Davis and“Reticent”Policy  

作　　者：LI Rong 

机构地区：[1]Nanjing University,Nanjing,China [2]Huzhou College,Huzhou,China

出　　处：《International Relations and Diplomacy》2024年第3期106-112,共7页国际关系与外交（英文版）

摘　　要：On the eve of the Opium War,J.F.Davis,His Majesty’s Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China,put forward“Reticent”policy to 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.

关 键 词：J.F.Davis “Reticent”policy Sino-British relations 

分 类 号：K561[历史地理—历史学] D81[历史地理—世界史]