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China: To Kowtow or Not Kowtow

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May 4, 202441:47Society & Culture

Britain was late in its contacts with China and the Qing dynasty - the Portuguese, the Dutch and the Spanish had all headed east long before Lord McCartney's embassy tried to establish a formal relationship in 1792/3. Al...

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China: To Kowtow or Not Kowtow is an episode from How to Invent a Country by BBC. Britain was late in its contacts with China and the Qing dynasty - the Portuguese, the Dutch and the Spanish had all headed east long before Lord McCartney's...

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