Zhou Fu

Zhou Fu (, also romanised as Chow Fuh; 20 December 1837(道光十七年十一月二十三日 in Chinese calendar) – 21 October 1921(民国十年九月二十一 in Chinese calendar)) was a Han Chinese official of the late Qing dynasty. He was Viceroy of Liangjiang in 1904–1906 and Viceroy of Liangguang in 1906–1907, respectively.

He began his career as an army secretary at Li Hongzhang's camp (Huai Army) in Anqing, Anhui province during the Taiping Rebellion, who served Li the longest, from 1860 to Li's death in 1901.Ed. John Fairbank, (1975) The I.G. in Peking. Cambridge MA/London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, In 1902 he became governor of Shantung Province. The New York Times described him as "able and progressive" and noted his "pro-foreign views".

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