清末中英在西藏的货币之争

19世纪末20世纪初，边陲西藏已成为各帝国倾力争夺的热点，特别是英国对西藏广袤的市场觊觎已久，为打开西藏对外通商的大门，英国先后发支了两次侵藏战争，用武力攫取了对藏通商的特权，并进一步发动一场金融侵略战，在东印度公司制造了一种印度卢比大量运往西藏，以此控制西藏的金融命脉，从而独占对西藏贸易的广大市场，面对主权丧尽利权外的局面，清政府的明智人士能够正视外国货币与金融的挑战，坚决进行有力回击，不但发行四川藏元与印度卢比争夺市场，还从完善从地金融，加强对藏贸易等根本途径，驱逐印度卢比对西藏的影响和控制，维护了晚清在西藏的主权利益，这在当时历史背景下堪称世纪的进步。

War of British and Chinese Currency In Tibet at the End of Qing Dinasty

In the late nineteenth and twentieth century,Tibet as Qing's border became the focus of imperialists' scramble.Attempted by the vast market of Tibet for a long time, the British launched two wars of aggression to open Tibetan door to foreign trade,and consequently grabbed the authority of trade.At the same time the British conveyed the currency India Rupee to Tibet supplied by the East India Company to monopolize the financial lifelines of Tibet.Although confronted the loss of sovereign rights and overflow of financial rights, sensible governors in the Qing Dinasty could face up to the challege of foreign currency and fight back strongly.They not only made a kind of new currency Sichuan zang yuan to compete with India Rupee for markets,but also drove out its impact on Tibet to safeguard the sovereign rights of government,by means of perfecting the inland finance and enhancing the trade between inland and Tibet.All these measures can be rated as a historic advance.