Pankaj Mishra Quotes
Contrary To The General Picture Of The Decline Of Asia And The Rise Of The West, The Chinese Economy Was Buoyant In The Eighteenth Century, Developing Its Own Local Variations And With Trade Links Across Southeast Asia. Silk, Porcelain And Tea From China Continued To Be In Great Demand In Europe (and In The American Colonies) Even Though In 1760 The Chinese Confined All Western Traders To The Port City Of Canton. Tribute-paying Neighbours As Near As Burma, Nepal And Vietnam (and As Far Away As Java) Upheld Beijing's Solipsistic View That The Chinese Emperor, Presiding Over The Central Kingdom Of The World, Had The Right To Rule 'all Under Heaven.
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