Claim: Ding Richang, a government official in China's Qing Dynasty, served as the Circuit intendant of Shanghai in July of 1864.
Evidence: Ding Richang (Chinese: 丁日昌; Wade–Giles: Ting Jih-Ch'ang; 1813–1882) was a government official in Qing dynasty China, who is remembered for his "indomitable" if not "prodigious" reform efforts, skill in foreign diplomacy (or "foreign-matters expert"), and supervision of the judicial administration, engaging in anti-tax abuse directed at the Yamen. July 1864 Ding Richang