1. Chinese View of the West in 18th and 19th Century
Before the first Opium War, the Chinese believed to be absolutely superior over all "Barbarians". The Chinese had always viewed that they were the Heaven's favorite, as their emperor was chosen by the Heavens. They were the Middle Kingdom, at the center of the earth. Whenever any other nation came...
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