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The Sextants of Beijing, Global Currents in Chinese History
by Joanna Waley-Cohen
- HISTORY
- 2000
- PAPER
- 322 PAGES
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This accessible history of China from the days of the Silk Road to the present describes a civilization more open and engaged with the rest of the world than often believed. Whether in trade, religious belief, ideology or technology, China has long taken part in exchange with other cultures.
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