First-hand accounts and correspondence from Qing envoys and diplomats to Europe unraveled that perception. In this path-breaking study, Jenny Huangfu Day interweaves the history of Qing ...

Belief systems created through a confluence of traditional political ethics and the trauma of dynastic change imposed unusually deep and powerful constraints on fiscal policymaking and institutions ...

This is one of the big questions in Chinese history. Was it the arrival of the Western powers? Was it problems inside China? Historians still can’t decide. What do you think? Qing-era Chinese ...

The Qianlong Emperor (1711 - 1799) was also one of the longest-reigning emperors in Chinese history. Under his rule, the Qing empire expanded to its greatest extent and Qianlong was proud of his ...

KYUSHU – The sun is blazing over Kanmon Straits as the ferry I am on sets forth from the charming port city of Mojiko. I look at a group of Japanese students, in their uniforms of woollen vests ...

The construction technique of the yurt involves drawing a circle on the ground. Based on the size of the circle, several ...

The town, preserved in Guizhou province, captures the architecture, culture, and spirit of China’s Ming and Qing dynasties.

One outstanding example is Pine, Hawk, and Lingzhi Fungus, completed in 1724 during the Yongzheng reign, and crafted by ...

The perceived high stakes of moral reform – averting future disasters and shoring up the Qing against collapse – made for a fertile environment in ... and their oral antecedents; publication history ...