My Life In China And America (wing, Yung) 164 P., Paperback

This book, first published in 1909, in the autobiography of a man who witnessed
and played a key role in 19th century China. Remarkably, the book was written
in English - Yung Wing, born in 1828, was the first Chinese person ever to
graduate from a major US college. He then returned to his own world, seeing it
now with outsiders´ eyes. He brokered the purchase of China´s first arms
factory from the US, and proposed widespread financial and social changes,
which were the inspiration for the changes China went through in the 20th
century. This is a unique and highly readable book.