Rethinking Asia's Maritime Connections to Europe: Chinese Perspectives of George Anson's Voyage

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	Rethinking Asia's Maritime Connections to Europe: Chinese Perspectives of George Anson's Voyage
	KWAN CHING-YIN NATHAN
	2023-12
Conference Name	New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference
Conference Date	29 November-1 December 2023
Conference Place	University of Canterbury
Country	New Zealand
Abstract	Overseas imperial expansion gave European conflicts a global dimension. Commodore George Anson brought the War of Jenkins’s Ear (1739-1748) to China. Tasked with harassing Spanish settlements and shipping in the Pacific, Anson visited China twice, once in 1742 and again the following year after capturing the famed Manila galleon. Half a century before Lord Macartney’s historic visit, Anson made diplomatic overtures to China and sought to implicate it in the international order. This paper will assess Chinese perspectives of Anson’s activities and argue that engaging with non-European and non-belligerent sources provides an important but often neglected lens with which to view globalizing wars and assess their impacts. China was not passive in face of the maritime threat from an ascendant British empire. Anson’s visit triggered administrative and defence reforms and a reassessment of China’s foreign policy. Inquiry into Anson’s activities provided China with important intelligence about the outside world. Qing officials used this knowledge to maintain a flourishing foreign trade in a rapidly changing world order, a feat with much relevance in today’s geopolitical climate.
Document Type	Conference paper
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	KWAN CHING-YIN NATHAN. Rethinking Asia's Maritime Connections to Europe: Chinese Perspectives of George Anson's Voyage[C], 2023.
APA	KWAN CHING-YIN NATHAN.(2023). Rethinking Asia's Maritime Connections to Europe: Chinese Perspectives of George Anson's Voyage. .

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