伍廷芳与秘鲁排斥华工的交涉

Wu Ting-fang's Negotiation over Peru's Exclusion of Chinese Laborers

华工问题是晚清中外关系的重要内容之一。秘鲁早期积极从中国引进华工,但到了20世纪初,秘鲁采取一系列措施排斥华工、华侨。1909年,伍廷芳奉命赴秘交涉秘鲁排华事宜,经过多次会谈,伍廷芳以自禁华工的代价,换取了对方废除排华苛例。这在一定程度上保护了华工、华侨的权益,具有积极的意义。

The issue of Chinese laborers was an important part of the Qing government's foreign relations in the later period.Peru imported laborers from China in the 19th century,but in the early 20th century,it adopted a series of measures to exclude Chinese and Chinese laborers.In 1909,Wu Ting-fang was instructed to go to Peru to negotiate about the exclusion of Chinese labors.After a series of negotiation,at the cost of prohibiting emigration of Chinese laborers to Peru by the Chinese government,he persuaded Peru to abolish the harsh regulations against Chinese and protected the rights and interests of Chinese laborers in Peru in a degree.