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In the Forbidden City and other palaces around Beijing, Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795) surrounded himself with monumental paintings of architecture, gardens, p
It is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, internation
Using the concept of boundaries, physical and cultural, to understand the development of China’s maritime southeast in late Imperial times, and its interactio