Tribute and Trade: China and Global Modernity explores encounters between China and the West during this period and beyond, into the early 20th century, through examples drawn from art, literature, science, politics, music, cooking, clothing and more. How did China and the West see each other, how did they influence each other, and what were the lasting legacies of this contact?
William Christie is director of the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University.
Angela Dunstan is a lecturer in Victorian literature at Queen Mary University of London.
Q.S. Tong is a professor of English at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.