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The perils of interpreting : the extraordinary lives of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire
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ISBN: 9780691225456 9780691225470 0691225478 Year: 2021 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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An impressive new history of China’s relations with the West—told through the lives of two language interpreters who participated in the famed Macartney embassy in 1793The 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney’s fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been viewed as a clash of cultures fueled by the East’s disinterest in the West. In The Perils of Interpreting, Henrietta Harrison presents a more nuanced picture, ingeniously shifting the historical lens to focus on Macartney’s two interpreters at that meeting—Li Zibiao and George Thomas Staunton. Who were these two men? How did they intervene in the exchanges that they mediated? And what did these exchanges mean for them? From Galway to Chengde, and from political intrigues to personal encounters, Harrison reassesses a pivotal moment in British-China relations. She shows that there were Chinese who were familiar with the West, but growing tensions endangered those who embraced both cultures and would eventually culminate in the Opium Wars.Harrison demonstrates that the Qing court’s ignorance about the British did not simply happen, but was manufactured through the repression of cultural go-betweens like Li and Staunton. She traces Li’s influence as Macartney’s interpreter, the pressures Li faced in China as a result, and his later years in hiding. Staunton interpreted successfully for the British East India Company in Canton, but as Chinese anger grew against British imperial expansion in South Asia, he was compelled to flee to England. Harrison contends that in silencing expert voices, the Qing court missed an opportunity to gain insights that might have prevented a losing conflict with Britain.Uncovering the lives of two overlooked figures, The Perils of Interpreting offers a valuable argument for cross-cultural understanding in a better-connected world.

L'empire immobile, ou: Le choc des mondes : récit historique
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ISBN: 2213020256 9782213020259 Year: 1989 Publisher: Paris Fayard

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Un tableau de la Chine du XVIIIe siècle, période où la Chine s'est endormie. A partir d'un cas concret, l'auteur raconte, avec de brèves citations et des notations de ses propres visites sur les lieux, ce qu'il considère comme la plus extraordinaire occasion manquée de l'histoire

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History of Asia --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- China --- British --- Travel --- History --- Macartney, George Macartney, --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Chine --- Foreign relations --- Relations extérieures --- S03/0240 --- S09/0200 --- -British people --- Britishers --- Britons (British) --- Brits --- Ethnology --- China: Geography, description and travel--Travels: 1500-1840 --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--General works and before 1840 --- -Macartney, George Macartney Earl --- -History --- -Foreign relations --- -S03/0240 --- -China: Geography, description and travel--Travels: 1500-1840 --- -British --- Relations extérieures --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- -History of Asia --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- British - China - History - 18th century --- -British - China - History - 18th century

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