{"product_id":"sino-foreign-cultural-exchange-a-historical-perspective","title":"Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding culture as a whole way of life, this book touches on various aspects of Sino-foreign interactions, tracing cultural exchanges depicted in Chinese and foreign sources, with particular attention to events or anecdotes in the Tang and Qing periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to a discussion of the Sogdians and Turks in medieval China, an investigation of the localization process of pugs and lions through different Chinese dynasties, an analysis of the incorporation of Manichaeism into Chinese culture, and the depiction of the \"Kunlun slaves\" in Chinese Buddhist texts, this book also examines the \"caravan tea\" trade between Russia and China, the Russian-American company's attempt to do business in Canton, the translation of the \u003ci\u003eThree Character Classic\u003c\/i\u003e in Russia, the \"Russian case\" in the Tianjin missionary incident, as well as the Dutch factory in Canton and the Dutch mission in Beijing. This book concludes with a discussion of Chinese workers in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From Central Asia to the South China Sea to the northern border with Russia, this book reveals its great diversity, yet with an intense focus on China's interactions with the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese studies, medieval Central Asian studies, and those interested in world history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47386701168984,"sku":"9781032611860","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032611860.jpg?v=1777565722","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sino-foreign-cultural-exchange-a-historical-perspective","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}