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September 12, 2024

From Rome to Beijing Sacred Spaces in Dialogue

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Free Download Daniel M. Greenberg, "From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue "
English | ISBN: 900469336X | 2024 | 340 pages | PDF | 122 MB
This book explores the relationship between Jesuit enterprise and Ming-Qing China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,showing how paintings, astronomical instruments, spiritual texts and sacred buildings function as sites of cross-cultural exchange.

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April 25, 2024

China Safari On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa

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Free Download Michel Beuret, "China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1568584261, 1568586140 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 2.9 mb
China has now taken Great Britain’s place as Africa’s third largest business partner. Where others only see chaos, the Chinese see opportunities. With no colonial past and no political preconditions, China is bringing investment and needed infrastructure to a continent that has been largely ignored by Western companies or nations.

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