Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

by Hans Bielenstein

Covering the period from the establishment of Sui to the fall of Southern Sung, this reference work for the first time gives a full and conveniently arrranged overview of China's diplomatic and trade relations with its major and minor Asian neighbours: continental South Asia and the islands, Japan, Korea, Northeast Asia, Tibet, Central Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, and the Hsia, Liao, and Chin States.
Basing himself on his yearlong research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004144161
• ISBN13: 9789004144163
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 732 Pages