Download or read book Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China written by sir Henry Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China written by Henry Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China written by Sir Henry Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Embassy to China written by Earl George Macartney Macartney and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Creating the Opium War written by Hao Gao and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating the Opium War examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the outbreak of the Opium War – a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West in the next century. It makes the first attempt to bring together the political history of Sino-western relations and the cultural studies of British representations of China, as a new way of explaining the origins of the conflict. The book focuses on a crucial period (1792–1840), which scholars such as Kitson and Markley have recently compared in importance to that of American and French Revolutions. By examining a wealth of primary materials, some in more detail than ever before, this study reveals how the idea of war against China was created out of changing British perceptions of the country.

Download or read book China Goes to Sea written by Andrew S. Erickson and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern history, China has been primarily a land power, dominating smaller states along its massive continental flanks. But China’s turn toward the sea is now very much a reality, as evident in its stunning rise in global shipbuilding markets, its vast and expanding merchant marine, the wide offshore reach of its energy and minerals exploration companies, its growing fishing fleet, and indeed its increasingly modern navy. Yet, for all these achievements, there is still profound skepticism regarding China’s potential as a genuine maritime power. Beijing must still import the most vital subcomponents for its shipyards, maritime governance remains severely bureaucratically challenged, and the navy evinces, at least as of yet, little enthusiasm for significant blue water power projection capabilities. This volume provides a truly comprehensive assessment of prospects for China’s maritime development by situating these important geostrategic phenomena within a larger world historical context. China is hardly the only land power in history to attempt transformation by fostering sea power. Many continental powers have elected or been impelled to transform themselves into significant maritime powers in order to safeguard their strategic position or advance their interests. We examine cases of attempted transformation from the Persian Empire to the Soviet Union, and determine the reasons for their success or failure. Too many works on China view the nation in isolation. Of course, China’s history and culture are to some extent exceptional, but building intellectual fences actually hinders the effort to understand China’s current development trajectory. Without underestimating the enduring pull of China’s past as it relates to threats to the country’s internal stability and its landward borders, this comparative study provides reason to believe that China has turned the corner on a genuine maritime transformation. If that proves indeed to be the case, it would be a remarkable if not singular event in the history of the last two millennia.

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Download or read book Asian Empire and British Knowledge written by U. Hillemann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes in British understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at how British imperial networks in India and Southeast Asia were critical mediators in the British encounter of China.

Download or read book Bernard Quaritch written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A General Catalogue of Books written by Bernard Quaritch and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Catalogue of the Library of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society including the Library of Alex Wylie Esq systematically Classed By Henri Cordier written by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, afterwards North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SHANGHAI). Library and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Catalogue of the Library of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society including the Library of Alex Wylie Esq written by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North-China Branch. Library and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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