China in the World : Foreign Relations with China

The relationship of China and the Chinese people with the rest of the World has changed over the centuries. The articles in this index probe some of the many aspects of China's uneasy relationship with the U.K. and the rest of the World.

Victorian and Edwardian views At the peak of the British Empire in the early twentieth century attitudes to China were very different to those of today.

Robert Hart - early Sinophile Hart was one of first to begin to understand the Chinese and was employed under the Qing emperors.

U.N. Entry The P.R.C. did not gain it's proper place at the United Nations until 1971.

History Historical time chart of China through the last 4,000 years compared to events in the rest of the World.

Opium in China The wars with Britain about trade in opium are a dark chapter, this article looks at the war more from the Chinese perspective.

Opium to China A contrasting article seeing the Opium Wars more from the English perspective.

First Impressions of the West The Chinese came back with very mixed views after their initial contact with modern Western society.

The Chinese in Britain When the Chinese first settled in Britain there was a long time before they became accepted. Gives a timeline on important events in the development of the Chinese community in the U.K.

How to be half-Chinese Living with a mixed Chinese ethnic origin can be dificult.

Revisiting after 50 years Quite a few British people's experience of China was during the Second World War, when China was our ally against Japan.

The early days of SACU Review of the founding of SACU and its development in its first ten years.

Victorian and Edwardian views	At the peak of the British Empire in the early twentieth century attitudes to China were very different to those of today.
Robert Hart - early Sinophile	Hart was one of first to begin to understand the Chinese and was employed under the Qing emperors.
U.N. Entry	The P.R.C. did not gain it's proper place at the United Nations until 1971.
History	Historical time chart of China through the last 4,000 years compared to events in the rest of the World.
Opium in China	The wars with Britain about trade in opium are a dark chapter, this article looks at the war more from the Chinese perspective.
Opium to China	A contrasting article seeing the Opium Wars more from the English perspective.
First Impressions of the West	The Chinese came back with very mixed views after their initial contact with modern Western society.
The Chinese in Britain	When the Chinese first settled in Britain there was a long time before they became accepted. Gives a timeline on important events in the development of the Chinese community in the U.K.
How to be half-Chinese	Living with a mixed Chinese ethnic origin can be dificult.
Revisiting after 50 years	Quite a few British people's experience of China was during the Second World War, when China was our ally against Japan.
The early days of SACU	Review of the founding of SACU and its development in its first ten years.