Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada’s Early Relations with China, 1858-1952 - Hardcover

Meehan, John D.

9780774820370: Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai: Canada’s Early Relations with China, 1858-1952

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774820373 ISBN 13: 9780774820370

Publisher: UBC Press, 2011

Canada shared a rich, multi-faceted history with China long before it recognized the People’s Republic of China in 1970. John Meehan brings to light the activities of early Canadian missionaries, business people, government officials, and adventurers in Shanghai - the gateway to China and an important cultural contact zone. These sojourners’ experiences - which unfolded against a backdrop of war and revolution and Canada’s own evolution from colony to nation - reflected Canada’s deepening relationship with China and the troubling asymmetries that underpinned it. Although Canadians, like other foreigners, had left Shanghai by the early 1950s, their lives and activities foreshadowed more recent Canadian initiatives in China.

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Book Description:

An evocative account of how Canadian missionaries, government officials, businessmen, and adventurers shaped early Sino-Canadian relations.

About the Author:

John D. Meehan is an assistant professor of historyat Campion College at the University of Regina.

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