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SUMMARY:Sunny Xin Liu & Michael Wood - Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before th
 e Opium War [Book Launch Conversation]
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DESCRIPTION:[IN-PERSON] This event is part of a new Chinese Culture Lectu
 re Series organised by the Manchester China Institute and Manchester Mus
 eum.\n\nDr. Sunny Xin Liu and Professor of Public History and broadcaste
 r\, Michael Wood will unite for this intimate discussion about Dr. Liu's
  latest book\, "Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War\, A Tale O
 f Two Empires Over Two Centuries" (Routledge\, 2022).\n\nStarting with Q
 ueen Elizabeth I’s letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli and ending with the 
 letter from Lord Palmerston to the Minister of China just before the Opi
 um War\, this talk narrates the fascinating encounters between the two h
 istoric empires and explores the long journey from cultural diplomacy to
  gunboat diplomacy. \n\nIn this special event at the Historic Reading Ro
 om of the John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, the speakers wil
 l adopt a novel ‘mirror’ approach by pairing and comparing people\, text
 s\, gifts\, commodities\, artworks\, architecture\, ideologies\, operati
 ng systems and world views of the two empires. While interweaving the mo
 st known diplomatic efforts at the official level with the much unknown 
 intellectual interactions at the people-to-people level\, this approach 
 allows an analysis of how the two empires created frameworks for underst
 anding “Self and Other” from both Sino-centric and Anglo-centric points 
 of departure\, telling stories that have been understudied in the grand 
 narratives\, and reflecting on their implications on today’s bilateral r
 elations.\n\nThe event also marks the opening of the new China Culture G
 allery at the Manchester Museum\, where various narratives on historical
  Anglo-Chinese encounters will also be exhibited. \n\n
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LOCATION:Historic Reading Room \, John Rylands Research Institute and Lib
 rary\, 150 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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