Esperanto in China

Esperanto was imported to the Qing dynasty along with other western inventions, and mainly from Russian merchants in Harbin.

The association was active during the Xinhai revolution, with the education minister of the Republic of China, Cai Yuanpei, ordering Esperanto to be taught in Chinese schools as an elective course.

The Esperanto movement was also popular among Chinese anarchists such as Ba Jin, Li Shizeng, and Liu Shifu.

After the PRC takeover, the China Esperanto League was founded in 1951, but the support of the communist government initially waned.

[3] People's Republic of China publishes its official magazine El Popola Ĉinio, which began its publication in 1950.