Taiwan's Imagined Geography - Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures, 1683-1895

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Emma Jinhua Teng | 2004 | ISBN: 0674021193 | English | 400 pages | PDF | 5 MB

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs, v. 230



Until 300 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a 'land beyond the seas', a 'ball of mud' inhabited by 'naked and tattooed savages'. The incorporation of this island into the Qing Empire in the 17th Century and its evolution into a province by the late 19th Century involved not only a reconsideration of imperial geography but also a reconceptualisation of the Chinese domain. By viewing Taiwan-China relations as a product of the history of Qing expansionism, the author contributes to our understanding of current political events in the region.



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