Britain and China, 1840-1970

Britain and China, 1840-1970
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Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781317419037
ISBN-13 : 1317419030
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Book Synopsis Britain and China, 1840-1970 by : Robert Bickers

Download or read book Britain and China, 1840-1970 written by Robert Bickers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a range of new research on British-Chinese relations in the period from Britain’s first imperial intervention in China up to the 1960s. Topics covered include economic issues such as fi nance, investment and Chinese labour in British territories, questions of perceptions on both sides, such as British worries about, and exaggeration of, the ‘China threat’, including to India, and British aggression towards, and eventual withdrawal from, China.


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