Foreign Trade in the Early Period of the Qing Dynasty

Yuqin Sun, Xu Chang, Rui Su and Robin Gilbank

Chapter 8 in A General History of China's Foreign Trade:Volume 1, 2024, pp 395-441 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In 1644, the Manchu army entered the Shanhai Pass, the key military fortification of defense against tribes from Manchuria, and established the Qing Dynasty, the last feudal regime in China. At the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, western colonists from Portugal and Spain came to the southeast coast of China. Their lust for mercantilism and overseas expansion continuously impacted East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions. It destroyed the tributary trade of East Asia that had been dominated by China, and disrupted the original international trade pattern of the Asian continent. During this period, the balance of power within western colonial powers also changed rapidly, with the Netherlands and Britain catching up from behind. Tsarist Russia also advanced swiftly toward the east and began to occupy Chinese territory…

Keywords: China; China's Foreign Trade; Chinese History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B1 B17 F1 N00 N75 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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