A Quote by Zhang Zhidong

The dependencies of inner and outer Mongolia are the bulwarks of China. The desert of Gobi, stretching for ten thousand li, is a barrier set by Heaven to the Russians, and if they seek to invade our borders, they will find it everywhere along the Northern frontier difficult and troublesome.

Zhang Zhidong

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Zhang Zhidong
Chinese - Politician
September 4, 1837 - October 5, 1909

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