Abstract
Anson Burlingame was an American lawyer and legislator. In 1861, Lincoln appointed Burlingame as minister to the Qing Empire. This paper explores his accomplishments. Burlingame worked to build cooperative policy and representatives of Western powers agreed that they would not interfere in the internal affairs of China. The success of this diplomacy was not lost on Qing Dynasty. In 1867, when he was set to retire and return to his political career at home, the Chinese government appointed Burlingame envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to head a Chinese diplomatic mission to the United States and the principal European nations. This led to the Burlingame-Seward Treaty of 1868, the first fully equal treaty China signed with a western power since the Second Opium War. Subsequently, Burlingame also negotiated treaties for China with Denmark, Sweden, Holland, and Prussia. Reflecting on 150 years, the cores value of Burlingame treaties hold true, particularly mutual respect, win-win, maintain formal friendly relations between the two nations, and granting the status of most favored nation (MFN) in trade.
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