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University of British Columbia Press Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada’s Early Relations with China, 1858-1952

Name: Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada's Early Relations with China, 1858-1952
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Canadians share a long history with China. Canada is home to a large Chinese diaspora, it appointed a trade commissioner to Shanghai over a century ago, and it was one of the first Western nations to recognize the People’s Republic of China. This absorbing account of Canadian sojourners in Shanghai, from the arrival of Lord Elgin in 1858 to the closing of the consulate general in 1952, gives a human face to that history. Some Canadians came to save souls, nourish bodies, and educate minds; others sought financial and political gain. Their experiences – which unfolded against a backdrop of civil war, invasion, and revolution in China and were coloured by Canada’s evolution from colony to nation – reflected Canada’s deepening relationship with China and the troubling asymmetries that underpinned it. Although Canadians, like other foreigners, had left Shanghai by the early 1950s, their lives and activities foreshadowed more recent Canadian initiatives in that city, and in China more generally.

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Brand: University of British Columbia Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0774820373
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Americas > Canada > Post-Confederation
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 October 2011
Listed Since: 12 August 2011

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