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China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political Secrets, 1860–1950

This collection comprises a compilation of 4,204 rare China-related historical documents, such as reports, memoranda, correspondence, and travel diaries, revealing the diplomatic relations between the British India Office and China from 1869 to 1950.

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This archive comprises a compilation of 4,204 rare China-related historical documents selected from three series within the India Office Records now held at the British Library: the Political and Secret Department Records, the Burma Office Records, and the Records of the Military Department.

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China and the Modern World

Reading Level: 1301L—+

Product Type: Primary Sources

Content Types: Government Documents, Manuscripts

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L/PS/20/D129: Colman Macaulay, Report of a mission to Sikkim and the Tibetan frontier with a memorandum on our relations with Tibet. (Calcutta: Government of Bengal, 1885)
View of Rumtik Monastery, showing arrangement of Monks' Houses
Group at Giangong on the Frontier
Types of Yunnan Officers

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