Scramble for China
Scramble for China In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like…
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Scramble for China
In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence? Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by Europeans?
This important and compelling book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West by illuminating a dramatic, colourful and sometimes shocking period of the country's history.