 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barton akapinda muDiplomatic Service muChinese Consular Service musi wa16 Gunyana 1895 uye akatumirwa ku legation muPeking semudzidzi muturikiri. Kubva muna 1899 kusvika muna 1901 akaendeswa kunoshanda kunharaunda yeBritish yeWeihaiwei. Apo Kupandukira kwavaBhokisi kwakatanga muna 1900 kuchiguma nokukombwa kwemamishinari okune dzimwe nyika, Barton akabatanidzwa muEight-Nation Alliance rubatsiro rwekuedza semuturikiri uye mubatsiri wezvematongerwe enyika uye akapiwa China War Medal nokuda kwezviito zvake. Musi wa14 Mbudzi 1901 akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri weConsul kuConsul muTienstin, Lionel Charles Hopkins. 