The Earliest Notices of Chaucer in China.

The articel focuses on appearance of poet Geoffrey Chaucer's name in English newspaper published in Shanghai, China in 1878 and mentions printing of excerpt which presented biographical information of Chaucer. Topics discussed include lack of mentions of literary career or achievements and fame in English literary history of Chaucer, Treaty of Nanking signed by Qing dynasty government and Chaucer's rhythm and rhyme detailed in journal "The China Press."