I
find a book in library, it named is The West and China since 1500. I am Chinese
and I am interested in Chinese history, I want to know what happen between west
countries and China since 1500. I also search more information in another book
and I want to share it with my classmates.
This
book described and analytical the relationship was changing between China and
West since 1500. It divided culture, economic and political into three. The
first one is: Coming Together, Rather Slowly and on China’s Terms. It compared
China and West economies. “This is not to suggest that china was economically
backward compared to late mediaeval or early modern Europe. For its time
traditional China’s was a quite sophisticated economy, in advance of Europe’s
in the development of such techniques as paper money and credit transfers.
“<1> In that periods, China was a unenlightened country and it is try to
change.
The
second is: Closer Encounters, on the West’s Terms. West realized that they also
need change and development themselves. This book also talks about the opium
trade. “Western nations are experiencing an outflow of silver bullion to China
as a result of the imbalance of trade in China’s favor, and they bring opium
into China as a commodity to trade to reverse the flow of silver.”<2>
The
third one is: Hither and Thither, in Search of Comfortable common Ground. Both
of China and West countries realized that they need overcome their differences
and are trying to find out a new forms of cooperation
<1>The
West and China since 1500. pg15
<2>China and the West: Imperialism, Opium, and Self-Strengthening
(1800-1921): Imperialism
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