China's History of Foreign Trade Curriculum

Author: Sun Yuqin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the ancient history of China's foreign trade, primarily elaborating on the development of China's foreign trade from the 2nd century BC when Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty opened the Silk Road to the Opium War. It includes foreign trade policies and management systems, Sino-foreign trade relations, the composition of import and export goods, and the cultural and economic exchanges related to foreign trade. The second part covers the modern history of China's foreign trade, primarily discussing the history of China's foreign trade from the Opium War in 1840 to the establishment of the People's Republic of China (1949). It includes China's foreign economic policies in each stage, the deprivation of China's foreign trade sovereignty by Western powers and their control over China's foreign trade, the scale and level of foreign trade development, the structure of import and export goods, and the geographical direction of foreign trade. The book follows a standardized format with a well-organized structure. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and requirements, and ends with review questions, making it convenient for teaching use.