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    The Macartney Embassy (Chinese: 馬加爾尼使團), also called the Macartney Mission, was the first British diplomatic mission to China, which took place in 1793...
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    George Macartney should not be confused with Sir George Macartney, a later British statesman. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB, PC (Ire) (14 May...
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    British Forces Overseas Hong Kong Mao Zedong's cult of personality Macartney Embassy Liu Yong Heshen Chenhan (宸翰, Chénhàn) seal used for calligraphy and...
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    part of Chinese Tartary (1797) is the official report on the British Macartney Embassy to Qing China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written...
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    This diplomatic and trade mission would be headed by Lord Macartney. While the Macartney Embassy returned to London without obtaining any concession from...
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    grace of outline, and delicacy of execution. He accompanied the Macartney Embassy to China in 1792. Prints of his work were reproduced from engravings...
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    The Macartney Embassy. Lord Macartney salutes the Qianlong Emperor, but refuses to kowtow....
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    203.suppl_4 (2009): 212–234. Pritchard, Earl H. "The kotow in the Macartney embassy to China in 1793." Journal of Asian Studies 2.2 (1943): 163–203. online...
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  • to Canton (as Guangzhou was then known) in the south. The British Macartney Embassy of 1793 failed to convince the Qianlong Emperor to open northern Chinese...
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    Section 12: Lord Macartney's embassy to China; Series 62: Papers concerning publication of the account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China, ca 1797...
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