Wai Wu Pu

(definition) by Webster 1913 Fri Dec 23 2005 at 4:55:12

Wai Wu Pu (?). [Chinese wai foreign + wu affairs + pu office.]

The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government.

The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the Wai Wu Pu, . . . with precedence before all other boards.
J. Scott Keltie.

 

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