TRADITIONAL CHINESE VIEW OF WORLD
"MIDDLE KINGDOM"
HIERARCHY/CIRCLES
TRIBUTE SYSTEM
INSTITUTIONS
CF., EUROPE
EUROPEAN CHALLENGES
1699 - BRITISH POST
DEVELOPMENT OF CANTON SYSTEM
1793 - MACARTNEY MISSION
1839-42 - OPIUM WAR
UNEQUAL TREATIES
TAIPING REBELLION
US ROLE
TRADERS
MISSIONARIES