Chinese encounters with the British were more than merely those between two great powers. There was the larger canvas of the Empire and Commonwealth where the two peoples traded and interacted. In China, officials and merchants had to place the British beside other enterprising foreign peoples who w...

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1. Verfasser:	Wang, Gungwu (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1800-2000 Außenpolitik Geschichte Chinese / Great Britain / History British / China / History Handel Großbritannien Great Britain / Foreign relations / China Great Britain / Foreign economic relations / China China / Foreign economic relations / Great Britain Great Britain / Civilization / Chinese influences China / Foreign relations / Great Britain Great Britain / Relations / China China / Relations / Great Britain China
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Zusammenfassung:	Chinese encounters with the British were more than merely those between two great powers. There was the larger canvas of the Empire and Commonwealth where the two peoples traded and interacted. In China, officials and merchants had to place the British beside other enterprising foreign peoples who were equally intent on influencing developments there. There were also Chinese who encountered the British in personal ways, and individual British who ventured into a 'vast unknown' with its deep history. Wang Gungwu's 2003 book, based on lectures linking China and the Chinese with imperial Britain, examines the possibilities in, as well as the limits of, their encounters. It takes the story beyond the clichés of opium, fighting, and the diplomatic skills needed to fend off rivals and enemies, and probes some areas of more intimate encounters, not least the beginnings of a wider English-speaking future
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 202 pages)
ISBN:	9780511481321
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511481321