...-to-be cofounder of the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post , Tse Tsan-tai 謝贊泰 (1872–1938), published an opinion piece in the community correspondence columns of the Hong Kong Weekly Press, an English-language newspaper that operated between 1895 and 1909. 1 He complained about the possible...

... and the local elite in Jinan, China. This case demonstrates how both state-extension and place-making generated conflicts between a range of Chinese and American actors. These tensions underscore the utility of understanding “place” and “state” not as static constructs but as products of dynamic social...

...John E. Wills, Jr This article summarizes background changes that shaped interactions in the Pacific and Indian oceans before and during the age of steam; early modern China as an importer of exotic goods and exporter of skillful entrepreneurs; and early European naval competition, exploration...