小斯当东是英国最早的中国通。1833年,他在英国议会下院动议了关于英国与中国商务关系的9条议案。议案在当时未经辩论与分组投票即被否决,但在1840年下院关于对华战争的大辩论中,辩论的双方均有引述并加以赞扬。对于研究鸦片战争前英国的对华政策,小斯当东是很好的视角,但一直没有得到重视。 Stoudemire was the first Chinese pass in Britain. In 1833, he moved nine lower bills on the commercial relations between Britain and China in the lower house of the British Parliament. The motion was rejected without debate and by group vote at that time. However, both sides of the debate were quoted and commended in the 1848 Debate on the War on China held by the lower house. Stoudemire was a good perspective for studying Britain’s pre-Opium War China policy, but it has not been given any attention.