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A biography of Chester Ronning, Canadian politician and educator who promoted post-World War II diplomacy in Canada. This is an account of Ronning's life journey based on writtings, historical documents and many interviews with Ronning and others who knew him well both personally and professionally

On the last day of May 1872, "three respectably, but not ostentatiously dressed Chinamen" arrived at the Charing Cross Hotel, London. They brought with them three letters and four heavy boxes for presentation to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. While they waited for a reply to their letters and for an opportunity to present the boxes, they toured London, visiting the Mint, Woolwich Arsenal, Newgate Prison, the Enfield Ordnance Factory, the Powder Mills at Waltham Abbey, the Post Office and the Bank of England. At the end of July they were informed that Her Majesty's Government could not accept the proposals outlined in their letters and that Her Majesty could not receive the boxes. On 21 September 1872, the three Chinese departed, leaving behind the four sealed boxes. Thus appeared to end one of the more bizarre episodes in nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations.