Voyages, Migration, and the Maritime World

Voyages, Migration, and the Maritime World

On China’s Global Historical Role

Edited by: Clara Ho , Ricardo Mak and Yue-him Tam

De Gruyter Oldenbourg | 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110587685

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This is a multi-author volume resulted from an international conference focusing on topics related to our understanding of the role of China in the global history. Apart from introductory chapters exploring methodological issues and providing big pictures of framing China in the world in particular time zones, this volume also covers rich discussions on the following themes from the ancient period to the twentieth century: organized water transport, cultural interactions, navigators, port cities, smuggling activities, customs service, foreign relations, migration, and diasporas. Written by scholars of different generations who are based in diverse regions including Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, the UK and the US, the chapters in this volume either address old questions from new perspectives, or table new topics that were largely ignored in previous scholarship. Some go further to brainstorm possible research directions in the future. This thought-provoking volume will be beneficial to readers who are interested in rethinking China's position in the global historical stage against the backdrop of Post-Orientalism.

This edited volume features 12 papers touching on China's long-established connection to the outside world, documenting the various processes and resulting dynamics produced by the movement of peoples, goods and cultures.

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Clara Wing-chung HO, Hong Kong Baptist University

Ricardo King-sang MAK, Hong Kong Baptist University

Yue-him TAM, Macalester College

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	1
Contents Free access PDF PDF	5
Acknowledgements Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	7
Notes on Editors and Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	9
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	13
Part I: Perspectives on the World
1. World/Global History and the Positionality of Historians Haneda Masashi Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	23
2. The World in the Year 1000: The View from Beijing Valerie Hansen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	37
Part II: China’s Maritime World: From Ancient to Modern Times
3. The Emergence of Organized Water Transport in Early China: Its Social and Geographical Contexts Chinhau Lei Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
4. Cultural Interactions throughout the Ancient South China Sea Kin Sum Li Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	91
5. The Role of Vietnam in China’s Foreign Relations Han Xiaorong Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	121
6. Advantages of Chinese Navigators during the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Kuo-tung Chen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	134
7. The Pearl by the Bohai Sea: Qinhuangdao in the Early Modern Period Ronald C. Po Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	143
8. Smuggling and Legal Pluralism on the China Coast: The Rise and Demise of the Joint Investigation Rules, 1864–1934 Philip Thai Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	165
9. Beyond Tariffs and Duties: The Chinese Maritime Customs Service and its Representations of China’s Maritime World c.1912–49 Donna Brunero Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	186
Part III: Migrations and the Travel of Ideas
10. International Law and China’s Entry into the ‘Family of Nations’: The Question of Forced Migration and Refugees Glen Peterson Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	207
11. At the Edge of Two Worlds: Rethinking the Portuguese Diaspora in British Hong Kong Catherine S. Chan Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	231
12. The Global Migration of a Chinese Family: Kwan Yuen-cheung and His Descendants Ying-yue Yung Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	243

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Voyages, Migration, and the Maritime World

On China’s Global Historical Role

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