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Explore unique, first-hand accounts of the cultural interactions and conflicts that gave rise to today’s modern China with essential primary source collections for researchers of China in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political Secrets, 1860–1950
This archive comprises a compilation of 4,204 rare China-related historical documents selected from three series within the India Office Records now held at the British Library: the Political and Secret Department Records, the Burma Office Records, and the Records of the Military Department. These documents consist of manuscripts and monographs in the form of reports, memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets and official publications, intelligence diaries, accounts of political and scientific expeditions, travel diaries, handbooks, and maps. Together they reflect the security concerns of British India, as the frontier regions of China bordering British India were considered of strategic importance.
China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China, Part I: 1841–1951
China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China 1841–1951 presents a collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong, spanning a period of over a century. Digitized from the British Colonial Office records grouped under the CO 129 Series titled "War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence,” the collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the governors of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office, as well as letters and telegrams of other government departments and organizations such as the Foreign Office, Home Office, and War Offices.
China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China, Part II: 1965–1993
Consisting of declassified volumes—that are directly related to Hong Kong and those that affect all British colonies or territories—from the UK National Archives-held FCO 40 and 21 series, China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China Part II,1965–1993 provides scholars with essential reference material for researching Hong Kong and ist interactions with mainland China, UK, US, Taiwan, and other parts of Asia. Specifically, the collection appeals to students and researchers around the world who are engaged in researching the twentieth-century history of China, Britain and the British Commonwealth, and Sino-British relations during the era of the Cold War.
China and the Modern World: Imperial China and the West, Part I: 1815–1881
Digitized in two parts from the FO 17 series of British Foreign Office Files held at the UK National Archives, Part 1 of Imperial China and the West provides General Correspondence relating to China from 1815–1881. In this, the first of two parts, scholars will find material relating to the internal politics of China and Britain, their relationship, and the relationships between other Western powers keen to benefit from the growing trading ports of the Far East. The FO 17 series provides a vast and significant resource for researching every aspect of Anglo-Chinese relations during the 19th century.
China and the Modern World: Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals, 1817-1949 Digital Archive
Digitized in two parts from the FO 17 series of British Foreign Office Files held at the UK National Archives, Part II of Imperial China and the West provides General Correspondence relating to China from 1865–1905. Here, scholars will find material relating to the internal politics of China and Britain, their relationship, and the relationships among other Western powers— keen to benefit from the growing trading ports of the Far East—and China’s neighbors in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The FO 17 series provides a vast and significant resource for researching every aspect of China-West relations during the 19th century.
China and the Modern World: Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals, 1817–1949
Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals is a collection of 17 English-language periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. This corresponds to the periods of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republican Era (1911–1949) when China experienced the radical and often traumatic transformation from an inward-looking imperial dynasty into a globally engaged republic. This resource also features a significant collection of articles and photos on the founding and development of Christian higher education in China.
China and the Modern World: Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955
This archive provides a primary source collection vital to researching the social, political, legal, and economic history of the highly globalized Shanghai International Settlement as well as the history of modern China from 1836 to 1955. Comprised of nine series of British Foreign Office files from The National Archives in the UK that are directly related to the history of Shanghai and the International Settlement, plus a small number of files selected from the records of the British Ministry of Labour, Treasury, and War Office, this collection illuminates Shanghai and the International Settlement as the seat of various formative events that shaped the history of modern China.
China and the Modern World: Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China, 1854–1949
This archive provides an excellent primary source collection for the study of China and ist relations with the West in the late Qing and Republican periods. The Maritime Customs Service of China (MCS) was an international, although predominantly British-staffed bureaucracy (at senior levels) under the control of successive Chinese central governments. The records included in this collection - official correspondence, despatches, reports, memoranda, and private and confidential letters - constitute invaluable and often unique evidence of Chinese life, the economy, and politics through the Taiping Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion, the Revolution of 1911, the May 30 Movement, the two Sino-Japanese Wars, and the Chinese Civil War.
China and the Modern World: Regional China and the West, 1759–1972
A compilation of 39 series of mostly British Foreign Office (FO) files, this archive includes general correspondence and registers composed by the British legation in Beijing as well as British consulates based in more than 20 Chinese coastal and inland treaty ports. Also included are the private and semiofficial correspondence of Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John N. Jordan, and Lord Edmund Hammond as well as the records and photographs of the British concession in Tianjin. China and the Modern World: Regional China and the West, 1759–1972 provides a significant compendium of historical documents and forms, an ideal complement to Imperial China and the West, Part I and II. Researchers will find valuable insight into Chinese-Western relations primarily from 1830 to 1950, ranging from diplomacy to trade, economy, law, and politics.
China and the Modern World: The English-Language Press in China, 1827–1974
Explore how English-language journalism provides a window into the history of modern China. The English-language press in China first started in 1827, with the establishment of the Canton Register, before finding its way to other Chinese cities, most of which were treaty ports. English-language newspapers appeared in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Weihai, Tianjin, Beijing, Hankou, Chongqing, Chengdu, and other locales. This collection consists of approximately 25 English-language newspapers and periodicals published in China over a span of 150 years, providing an invaluable collection for researching and teaching historical events in modern China, including the Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion, First Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion, Revolution of 1911, Warlord Era, Second Sino-Japanese War, and Chinese Civil War.
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