Although he gives particular attention to the Russian Empire, Rieber balances this focus rather well with substantial attention to the
Qing conquest and
Qing rule, the Iranian empires, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans.
The first twenty-eight chapters were serialized in 1892 in the biweekly (The Wonderbook of Shanghai), the first literary magazine that appeared in late
Qing dynasty and that was founded by Han.
The author's premise in this book is that the historiography of China, especially during the
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), has been dominated by two related assumptions: that China has been isolated from the rest of the world, partly by geography, partly by cultural preference; and that China's history can best be described by focusing on the interaction between the Chinese and the peoples living on China's northern and western frontiers.
offers a multifaceted study of the translation practices of Lin Shu and his collaborators in late
Qing and early Republican China.
They also help us understand the relationships between the state, local officials, and the general populace during the late
Qing era.
The
Qing empire played a heretofore neglected role in both types of unequal coercive relations between Korea and the outside world.
Extensively researched in Chinese, Dutch, and English sources, the book tells the engaging story of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong), a Ming loyalist who failed to remove the
Qing from Nanjing in 1659 but did defeat and remove the Dutch from Taiwan in 1662.
After a failed diplomatic mission to China in 1793, British negotiator George Macartney compared the ruling
Qing dynasty to an aging warship, kept afloat only by the efforts of "able and vigilant officers".
She established it was a rare Chinese parcel gilt bronze censer - used for incense - made during the
Qing dynasty around 1700.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is ready to consider Kyrgyzstan's proposal to construct industrial trade logistics center in Naryn region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Vice Chairman Zhao
Qing said.