The Sextants of Beijing
A book The Sextants of Beijing by Waley Cohen view China from a Western pointof view. In this book Chinese emperors, Chinese governments, and Chinese people were engaged by the outside world, and wanted to study and learn foreign goods and ideas. However, at the same time they were feared that they might lose political and moral as well as their Chinese values and traditions. In each chapter, the author explained the overview of China's contracts with other civilizations, how China participated in a network of international exchange all around the world. In the book, it started out from the year between 629 through 645, which was the Tang dynasty. In this time, Han China was interested in establishing political and commercial relationships with others through trade. China began to trade silk and gold with Central Asia in regular basis and in return, China imported spices, woolen fabrics, and military projects from India. According to Waley Cohen, the trade expanded for a number of reasons during the Tang dynasty. The first was simply the attractiveness of the success and cosmopolitan Tang court and society. The second was an increase in seafaring skills and risky attempts that were learned through trade. The t
representation overseas. China always wanted to be a center of attention so the third generations for young Chinese to study in overseas. Not only the interior of China. At this time, China hoped to select and adopt the Western thought it would be a shortcut to study in Japan to gain Western knowledge to study. Among France and Britain, many Chinese students preferred to study eighteenth century, the commerce played an important role. The trade brought number of women who studied in overseas were increased, but also their treaties that were unequal, and gave the Western powers and rights in China.
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Approximate Word count = 965
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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