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Westerners in China: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times through the Present

Westerners in China: A History of Exploration and Trade, Ancient Times through the Present

Stockwell, Foster

Paperback

Chinese HistoryExplorationGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0786414049
ISBN13: 9780786414048
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 13 2003
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Today the doors of China are opening to foreign investment and trade as never before, but the history of contact between China and the West goes back many centuries. Goods from China were being traded in Rome long before the birth of Christ, transported over the famous silk road that crossed Mongolia and Russia. But not until the mid-fifteenth century, when Marco Polo published his account of his travels, did China really capture the European imagination. Subsequent centuries saw missionary trips to China by Franciscans and Jesuits, a European craze for Chinese silk and porcelain, European visits to Tibet, the infamous Opium War between Britain and China, and further instances of contact, commerce, and conflict. China has shown amazing economic growth since 1949, and today it has set ambitious goals for growth in trade and technology.

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