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Mr. Liu Shih-hsun, was born at Nan-hui Hsien Kiangsu, 1868, was a student at the Kiangnan Arsenal School, Shanghai, and later at the School of Foreign Languages, Peking: He studied French for fifteen years in China before he was sent to the Chinese Legation at Paris as a student interpreter. After having stayed in France for some time, he was transferred to the Chinese Legation at Petrograd and then to Berlin. Having acquired an intimate knowledge of international affairs, he was called back to be a member of the Tsungli Yamen or State Department. After the Boxer uprising in 1900, he assisted Viceroy 'Li Hung-chang in restoring friendly relations with foreign countries. Afterward, he was sent to Yunnan and arranged a settlement of a boundary dispute between that province and Tonguin. In 1904 a mission was sent to England to attend the coronation of King Edward VII and Mr. Liu was a French secretary to the mission. On that occasion, he visited the principal countries in Europe. Later he was appointed first secretary to the Chinese Legation at Paris,