The US policy of supporting a democratic Taiwan while simultaneously engaging China is a delicate and complex balance … amid the emerging power of China continues to change the paradigm. The contributors to this volume explore the political …

1. Editors' introduction : new perspectives on China, East Asia, and the global economy -- 2. The tribute trade system … maritime network from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries : China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia -- 6. Maritime Asia and … treaty port networks in the Era of Negotiation : tribute and treaties, 1800-1900 -- 7. Foreign trade finance in China …