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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk on China: Silkworms to Gunboats
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DESCRIPTION:James Trapp is China Education Manger at the British Museum\,
  London\, where he supports the study of Chinese art\, history and cultu
 re for primary and secondary schools.\n \nChina's dramatic rise as a wor
 ld economic super-power at the beginning of the 21st century is viewed w
 ith surprise and a degree of fear by many in the West. Yet what we have 
 forgotten is that for more than 80% of the last 2000 years\, China has b
 een the richest and most powerful trading country in the world. 1800 yea
 r apart\, desire for China's exports almost bankrupted both Imperial Rom
 e and Imperial Britain. In this talk\, James Trapp will look at the comp
 lex network of economic and cultural contacts that connected China with 
 the rest of the civilized world over centuries\, and will try to break d
 own some of the barriers with which we separate China and Chinese cultur
 e as something too different and inaccessible.\n \nAll the Confucius Ins
 titute public talks are free to attend and there is no need to book.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Kanaris Theatre\, Manchester Museum
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