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SUMMARY:Confucius Institute Talk: Chinese Gardens - How a British botanis
 t opened China to the West
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DESCRIPTION:At a time when the world was opening up to trade and explorat
 ion\, on the lookout for valuable commodities\, in particular plants — n
 ot least tea\, the highly prized crop that originated in south-west Chin
 a\, John Bradby Blake (1745-1773) was a trader working for an East India
  Company in Canton\, also known as Guangzhou. A botanical enthusiast\, h
 e undertook the ambitious and innovative task of producing an illustrate
 d catalogue of Chinese plants\, a legacy of documents and botanical art\
 , which include Chinese native plants that changed Western food culture 
 and that are now part of our daily lives. \n\nLearn more about the botan
 ical interactions between Britain and China in the 18th century in this 
 talk which will focus on the main aspects of Blake’s project\, its recep
 tion in Britain and what it reveals of the importance of botany in the c
 ontemporary British Empire. \nExpert in Sino-British exchanges and China
  Trade paintings Dr. Josepha Richard will provide a snapshot of a period
  when westerners were just beginning to gain access to that country’s ex
 traordinary food and garden culture. \n\n
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester
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