Tonio Andrade is professor of Chinese and global history at Emory University. His books include The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History, Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West, and How Taiwan Became Chinese. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.
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George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for ... SEE MORE