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Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. In particular his three volumes provide a unique portrait of how the indigenous Chinese population viewed foreigners working and living in their country-the Fan-qui of the title. The author's profession of surgeon gave him far greater access to the everyday lives of people, who allowed him into their houses more readily, and felt more able to discuss the affairs of the day with him, than they did with missionaries. The result is an unusually intimate account of the lives of both Chinese and...