Treaty," which anticipated the abolition of extraterritoriality in China. In 1911, Sheng was appointed head of the Board of Posts and Communications, a high rank in the Imperial cabinet during the Qing Dynasty, until the dynasty fell in 1911. Sheng died at the age of 72 in Shanghai. Residences Sheng's private residence in Beijing while he was serving as the postal minister, has since been turned into a hotel for the public. In Shanghai, Sheng lived a mansion constructed in 1900 at No. 1517 Huaihai Zhong Lu. Tongmenghui revolutionaries Xia Chao and Gu Naibin planned to burn down the building in 1911. The manor currently houses the Japanese Consulate. See also Sheng Aiyi References Bibliography Feuerwerker, Albert. China's Early Industrialization; Sheng Hsuan-huai (1844-1916) and Mandarin Enterprise. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1958. 1844 births 1916 deaths Educators from Changzhou Qing dynasty politicians from Jiangsu Politicians from Changzhou 19th-century Chinese businesspeople Businesspeople from Changzhou Chinese company founders Presidents of Shanghai Jiao Tong University