Policing the Imperial Nation

On 15 August 1902, a battalion of Chinese police officers under the command of Superintendent Zhao Bingjun marched into city center of Tianjin and toward the Yamen Complex, the ceremonial site where the Eight Power Alliance was handing back the city to Governor General Yuan Shikai after two years of occupation following the Boxer Uprising. As they approached the complex, allied officials and commanders, standing with Yuan Shikai and his entourage under a 'Friendship Forever' banner, were shocked and dismayed. As one of the preconditions for its resumption of the control of the city, the Qing government had agreed to the allied demand that its troops would not enter the vicinity of Tianjin, and some allied officials had even thought that Yuan would be compelled to beg the allied forces to stay and continue to maintain law and order. Yuan Shikai's sudden show of forces was a slap in their faces and potentially a violation of an international agreement. 'What is the meaning of this?' asked an allied representative with raised voice. 'Look carefully. These are not troops,' Yuan replied with a smirk, 'They are policemen.' Not knowing what to do, allied officials pointed fingers at each other, blaming the stupidity of those who had designed the agreement. 'It is not we who are stupid,' one said, 'It is Yuan Shikai who is so cunning

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