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About this resource
This collection contains a wide range of materials documenting western interaction with China from the first embassy by Lord Macartney to trade negotiations for military aircraft in the 1970s. It includes papers regarding the Macartney and Amherst Embassies, the Opium War, Arrow War, Boxer Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, the opening of treaty ports, the creation and running of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and the birth of the People's Republic, and strong collections relating to missionaries and their experiences. It contains maps, drawings and photographs, and personal accounts of life and work in China throughout the period.
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Subject headings
Missionaries--China--History--Sources.
Visitors, Foreign--China--History--Sources.
British--China--History--Sources.
Communism--China--History--20th century--Sources.
China--Politics and government--Sources.
China--Commerce--Great Britain--Sources.
Great Britain--Commerce--China--Sources.
China--Relations--Sources.
China--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Sources.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--China--Sources.
China--Commerce--History--19th century--Sources.
China--Commerce--History--20th century--Sources.
China--Social life and customs--Sources.
China--Social conditions--Sources.
China--Religion--History--Sources.
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842--Sources.
China--History--Foreign intervention, 1857-1861--Sources.
China--History--Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864--Sources.
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901--Sources.
China--History--May Fourth movement, 1919--Sources.
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