↑ For example, the Taiwanese scholar Lung Chang, whose 1993 study of the Sino-French War scrupulously examined both the French and Chinese sources, hailed it as 'the Qing Dynasty's sole victory in arms against a foreign opponent' ('清朝對外用兵唯一以勝利結束之戰爭') based on the performance of the Chinese Army in the conflict. See Lung Chang, 6
