Chinese people abroad: Famous overseas

Author: Chen Jiantang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
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The earliest Chinese to set foot abroad, supported by the long-standing Greater China, faced the formidable Western powers. A clash of blood and fire, a collision of spirit and flesh. How did they strive in foreign lands to glorify China? How did they win dignity for their motherland and gain fame overseas? The perfect combination of text and images, the detailed narration, tells the stories of the East and the West, recreates the brilliance of history and reality. Use your eyes to experience the extraordinary world with them, and let their passion stir your heart for China. Hundreds of precious historical photographs bring to life over a century of China's connection with the world. "Wherever there is the sun, there are Chinese people"—this seems to be a universal maxim. The stories of "Chinese Abroad" told in this book are not about ancient ancestors or overseas Chinese struggling for survival, but about the Chinese who, in the past century, were dedicated to serving and saving their motherland, the scholars and patriots who sought truth and glorified the ancient Chinese culture abroad. They were the elite of the modern nation, embodying the great national spirit. This book aims to recreate the winding journey of the Chinese people's understanding and engagement with the world over the past century, as well as the historical trajectory of China's connection with the world. Its pages are filled with the clash of blood and fire, the collision of spirit and flesh, and the brilliance of history and reality. If readers take the time to savor it, they can trace the arduous steps of the Chinese people's journey from rejecting the world to embracing it, and they can listen to the stirring and magnificent symphony of the world's journey from rejecting China to accepting it.