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Now in paperback A dizzying and exhilarating journey. . . . Understanding how China sees itself and how it justifies its actions is critical to understanding todays world. Great State offers some compelling lessons for today, and for all our futures.--New Statesman (UK) The world-renowned scholar and author of Vermeers Hat does for China what Mary Beard did for Rome in SPQR: Timothy Brook analyzes the last eight centuries of Chinas relationship with the world in this magnificent history that brings together accounts from civil servants, horse traders, spiritual leaders, explorers, pirates, emperors, migrant workers, invaders, visionaries, and traitors--creating a multifaceted portrait of this highly misunderstood nation. China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the thirteenth century, and despite the passing of one Imperial dynasty to the next, has maintained them for the eight centuries since. China remained
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