Europe and China

Author: (British) Hudson / Li Shen / Wang Zunzhong, etc.
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The relationship between China and the West has been a popular topic of research among Western sinologists for over a century. At the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, British scholar Hudson wrote the book Europe and China: An Overview of Bilateral Relations from Antiquity to 1800. This work not only summarizes the research achievements of Western scholars (especially Yule, Herrmann, Schau, Richthofen, and others) on the ancient land transportation history between China and the West but also proposes original insights on some important issues in the history of China-West relations. The book is rich in historical references, meticulous in research, clear in structure, and essentially outlines the landscape of ancient China-West relations. Since its publication in 1931, it has been recognized as a representative academic work.