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Embassies to the Qing court—Part 2

Julia_M December 7, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)Dutch History History & Theory of Politics World History (Books)

Most people wrongly assume the Macartney Embassy of 1792-94 gave the Western world its first glimpse of the secretive Middle Kingdom. Why? Such an erroneous…

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